California doctor dubbed 'Candyman' convicted of illegal prescriptions

28 August 2015   Julio Gabriel Diaz, 67, was convicted of 79 counts of distributing controlled substances after a two-and-a-half week trial in federal court, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

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AMERICAN JUSTICE NOTEBOOK

“CANDYMAN” FACING UP TO 1,360 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS

LA Times 
Dr. Julio Gabriel Diaz is arrested at his Santa Barbara office in 2012. On Friday, a federal jury found Diaz, 67, guilty on 79 counts of writing prescriptions for powerful painkillers such as OxyContin and Dilaudid without a legitimate medical purpose. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

The Inquisitr - ‎Aug 29, 2015‎
In 2012, Diaz was arrested and pleaded guilty to 11 charges but later withdrew his plea, saying he was ill advised about the sentence he was facing and unaware that federal prosecutors would argue that his prescriptions could be tied to 20 people who died.

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