Doctor sentenced to 328 years for illegal prescriptions

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“ DETROIT — A doctor has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for prescribing narcotic drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.Mukunda Dev Mukherjee, 64, of Fenton, was found guilty in February of 44 counts of illegal distribution of controlled substances.U.S. District Judge Paul Gadola on Monday sentenced Mukherjee to 328 years in prison by imposing the maximum sentence for each count and ordering that the sentences be served consecutively. Mukherjee also must forfeit nearly $170,000 in assets.”The severity of today’s sentence should be an object lesson to any unethical medical professionals who would use their prescription-writing authority to put dangerous narcotics in the hands of addicts,” U.S. Attorney Stephen Murphy said.Prosecutors showed during Mukherjee’s trial that he charged people $45 to $90 for postdated prescriptions for drugs such as Oxycontin, Morphine and Vicodin without physical examinations.”