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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia doctor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy for his role in running a pill mill out of a phony pain management clinic.
U.S. Attorney Edward J. Tarver says in a statement that 63-year-old Paul Spencer Ruble of Thomas, Georgia, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court.
Beginning in 2011 Ruble and other conspirators began operating a phony pain management clinic, Apex Health & Wellness, Inc., in Brunswick.
Between November 2011 and April 24, 2013, drug-seeking customers paid between $200 and $300 to Apex Health in exchange for prescriptions for controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose.
Ruble wrote prescriptions for vast quantities of controlled substances including oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam.
Ruble faces five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when he's sentenced.
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