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Doctor’s brother in “pill mill” case is freed

The brother of a doctor indicted in a heavily publicized “pill mill” case in Biloxi has been sentenced to only time served, reports the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun-Herald here, and local TV WLOX-13 here. The brother, Richard Trieu, who also acted as … Continue reading

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Doctor’s brother pleads guilty in Biloxi pill mill case

The brother of a doctor in the notorious Biloxi pill mill case has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and will face sentencing in May, reports the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun Herald here. Richard Trieu is the brother of Dr. Thomas Trieu, … Continue reading

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Update: All accuseds in Mississippi doctor’s case granted bail

In the afternoon after his wife, brother and neighbor are granted bail, Dr. Thomas Trieu, the principal defendant in the Mississippi “pill mill” case, was also allowed bail, according to the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun Herald here. Read the Bolsavik’s prior entries on … Continue reading

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Viet Mississippi doctor given bail; husband still held

Three of the four people accused in the Mississippi “pill mill” case were granted bail, while the federal judge delayed his decision on the husband, principal defendant and continued his hearing to the afternoon, reports the Biloxi-Gulfport Sun Herald here. … Continue reading

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Arrested doctors claim innocence, gather support

The family of a Viet doctor who was arrested in Mississippi and accused of running a pill mill are fighting back, claiming the doctor was innocent and that prosecutors overreached. Dr. Victoria Van (whose Vietnamese name is Thu Hoa) has … Continue reading

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Mississippi Viet doctors and pharmacist arrested in drug bust

Two doctors, their clinic manager, and the pharmacist next door, all Vietnamese, were arrested in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 21 on accusations that they illegally wrote and filled prescriptions for controlled narcotics, resulting in at least nine alleged fatal overdoses. … Continue reading

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