A Louisville Anesthesiologist pled guilty to conspiring with others in his medical practice to issue pre-signed and unsigned prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances on Monday, September 16.
According to court documents, Dr. Lawrence Peters, 62, pled guilty to an information charging conspiracy to illegally use a Drug Enforcement Administration registration number issued to another. According to the plea agreement, Dr. Lawrence Peters knowingly and intentionally conspired with others in his medical practice to issue pre-signed and unsigned prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances and further directed his staff to fill the prescriptions at his physician’s owned pharmacy.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 12, 2014. The maximum penalty is four years in prison. The United States is recommending probation. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
This case was investigated by the DEA, the FBI, the HHS, the IRS-CI, the DOL, the DCIS, the KSP, the Kentucky CHFS OIG, the LMPD and the Kentucky DOI.
