Alabama Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Wrongful Opioid Prescriptions
Dr. Muhammad Ali, a Vestivia Hills, AL, physician and owner of a Jasper neurology and pain clinic, was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for writing narcotic painkiller prescriptions without legitimate medical reasoning.
Ali was sentenced on 10 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances (over 1,100 oxycodone pills) to undercover officers. He was also ordered to forfeit $2,450 to the government, which were considered proceeds of illegal activity, and was fined $85,000.
Ali was one of three Birmingham-area doctors charged last year in an effort on the part of DEA's Operation Pilluted in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, which focused on reducing the abuse of pharmaceuticals.
The courts has ordered Ali to report to prison on May 10; during his supervi...