Federal authorities say Paul M. Silva issued more than 500 prescriptions — totaling about 40,000 pills — to himself, family members (some of them deceased) and fake patients.
, 46 — who previously ran Libertad Internal Medical Group on Thousand Oaks Drive on the North Side — wasn’t allowed to write prescriptions after his practice shut down and he failed to renew his medical license in 2021. But that didn’t stop him, federal authorities say.oxycodone, hydrocodone, tramadol and other powerful drugsThe Texas Medical Board yanked Silva’s license in March 2022, saying in a written statement at the time that he “poses a continuing threat to public welfare.
Thomas, who was caught early in the investigation with a gun, crystal methamphetamine and other drugs, pleaded guilty in February to being a felon in possession of a firearm and conspiracy to unlawfully dispense a controlled substance. Court records show Silva and Klumpp are set to plead guilty to the same conspiracy charge as Thomas. Klumpp’s plea hearing is Thursday, and Silva’s plea hearing is scheduled for March 16. The charge carries a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.
Silva’s LinkedIn account said he worked as a contract medical director for Alamo Hospice from June 2014 to October 2019; as full-time medical director at WellMed Medical Management from December 2011 to November 2018; and as a contract physician at Sound Physicians from December 2015 to October 2018.“That business was shuttered in March of 2021, suddenly and without notice to the patients, without notice to the employees,” then-Assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman said last April.
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