A former physician from Tigard, Ore., was arrested at Dulles International Airport after flying in from the United Arab Emirates and evading justice for improper medical practice and other charges for more than six years, according to an Oregonian news report.
Steven G. Moos first started facing trouble 10 years ago when the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners found he was prescribing Viagra and Rogaine to customers over the Internet without medical examination. Two years later, San Francisco authorities found five packages of improperly labeled medication addressed to Mr. Moos, and Washington County, Ore., authorities discovered cocaine and other illicit drugs in his home in Bull Mountain, Ore., according to the report.
In 2003 the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners suspended Mr. Moos' medical license, and in 2004 federal prosecutors accused him of attempting to import mislabeled human growth hormones from China. That same year, Ms. Moos was indicted for misbranding medication, falsifying information to the DEA and fraudulently obtaining controlled substances. Soon after, he was found guilty of marketing a "female arousal cream" online and was ordered to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and reimburse customers, according to the report.
In July 2004, Mr. Moos was declared a fugitive by the FBI, who found that he, his wife and four children had disappeared from their home, according to the report.
He was found earlier this year in the United Arab Emirates where authorities have accused him of posing as a well-known cosmetic surgeon and carrying out dangerous procedures without a medical license, according to the report.
Read the Oregonian news report about Steven Moos' arrest.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Florida Board of Medicine Comes Down Hard on Pain Physicians Guilty of Fraud
- String of New York Healthcare Providers Sued for Alleged Fraud
- 10 Physician Fraud Cases Making Headlines
Steven G. Moos first started facing trouble 10 years ago when the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners found he was prescribing Viagra and Rogaine to customers over the Internet without medical examination. Two years later, San Francisco authorities found five packages of improperly labeled medication addressed to Mr. Moos, and Washington County, Ore., authorities discovered cocaine and other illicit drugs in his home in Bull Mountain, Ore., according to the report.
In 2003 the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners suspended Mr. Moos' medical license, and in 2004 federal prosecutors accused him of attempting to import mislabeled human growth hormones from China. That same year, Ms. Moos was indicted for misbranding medication, falsifying information to the DEA and fraudulently obtaining controlled substances. Soon after, he was found guilty of marketing a "female arousal cream" online and was ordered to pay a $400,000 civil penalty and reimburse customers, according to the report.
In July 2004, Mr. Moos was declared a fugitive by the FBI, who found that he, his wife and four children had disappeared from their home, according to the report.
He was found earlier this year in the United Arab Emirates where authorities have accused him of posing as a well-known cosmetic surgeon and carrying out dangerous procedures without a medical license, according to the report.
Read the Oregonian news report about Steven Moos' arrest.
Read other coverage about physician fraud:
- Florida Board of Medicine Comes Down Hard on Pain Physicians Guilty of Fraud
- String of New York Healthcare Providers Sued for Alleged Fraud
- 10 Physician Fraud Cases Making Headlines