Police: U-M Hospital employee on leave during investigation into fraudulent prescriptions
A University of Michigan Hospital and Health Centers employee is on leave Friday after university police launched an investigation into fraudulent prescriptions the man was accused of filling.
Courtesy of U-M Police
University of Michigan Police spokeswoman Diane Brown said a local pharmacy notified police Tuesday that a man was filling fraudulent prescriptions. Brown said preliminary review of the case shows the man may have been doing this since August.
“The employee has been put on leave during the investigation,” Brown said.
The investigation is in its early stages and no charges have been filed against the employee, Brown said. It’s not clear what position the man had at the hospital.
Brown did not immediately know the man’s age Friday afternoon. She said he was getting prescription drugs, but the exact type of the drugs was still under investigation.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
walker101
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 : 12:34 p.m.
Can you tell us what man was the man that was filling fraudulent prescriptions?
trespass
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 : 10:14 a.m.
I wonder what affect the investigation into the delay in reporting child porn case may have had on the reporting of this crime. The police reports on the interviews in that case included an admission by the hospital security officer that several other investigtions by the security department of doctors had been stopped by the Office of Clinical Affairs. Presumably those would be criminal investigations since security would not be involved in malpractice cases. (Kyle-maybe you would like a copy of the police reports?) It would be a great investigative story if AA.com were to report on how this case is being handled differently or if it is being handled differently because of the recent reforms.
JRW
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 : 7:55 p.m.
Kyle, please follow up when more info is available, if the person is arrested, such as the name and position held at the hospital.