Philly doctor and office manager charged with illegal drug sales

A South Jersey doctor with a practice in Philadelphia and his office manager were indicted Wednesday on charges of illegally selling more than $1 million in prescription drugs for cash, federal prosecutors said.

Dr. Clarence R. Verdell, 66, of Voorhees, and Rochelle Williams-Morrow, 37, of Philadelphia, were charged with selling prescriptions of Klonopin and Suboxone without medical or mental-health examinations.

Verdell, a psychiatrist, worked for about six months for Dr. Alan Summers, who also recently was charged with illegally selling prescriptions, before opening his own clinic on Frankford Avenue in Frankford.

Prosecutors said many of the customers of the clinic were drug dealers and addicts who resold the drugs.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20160818_Phila__doctor_and_office_manager_charged_with_illegal_drug_sales.html