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Self-Described ‘El Chapo Of Opioids' Doctor From Bergen Indicted Again Self-Described ‘El Chapo Of Opioids' Doctor From Bergen Indicted Again
Self-Described ‘El Chapo Of Opioids' Doctor From Bergen Indicted Again An Oakland physician who already pleaded guilty to state insurance fraud charges has been indicted on federal counts of prescribing opioids without a legitimate medical reason and doctoring records to cover it up. FBI agents in May arrested Robert Delagente -- who they said called himself the “Candy Man” and the “El Chapo of Opioids” – during raids at two of his offices in Oakland. Federal authorities began investigating Delagente, 45, after two former employees accused him of firing them because they didn’t want to participate in his schemes. Delagente routinely prescribed oxycodone, Perc…

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