Janusz Suzdorf of Dunedin was arrested this month on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to traffic in Oxycodone. Suzdorf is the latest in a string of arrests related to the Neurology & Pain Center clinics located in Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, Jacksonville and St. Petersburg. Previously, the clinics’ co-owners Troy Wubbena and Dr. Jeffrey Friedlander along with two other employees were indicted on similar charges.

According to the complaint, Suzdorf conspired with Wubbena, who is a physician’s assistant, to illegally distribute Oxycodone through the use of blank prescription forms pre-signed by Wubbena’s supervising physician, Dr. Friedlander. Law enforcement says that the blank forms were then filled out by Wubbena and others employed at the clinics in the names of purported patients for Oxycodone. These prescriptions for Oxycodone were then filled at various pharmacies throughout the Tampa Bay area and illegally distributed by Wubbena, Suzdorf, and others.

Wubbena, Friedlander and the other employees were initially charged back in March 2009. Wubbena was indicted on additional charges earlier this month. There is no indication as to why this latest round of charges were not filed last spring as well. The two clinic employees initially charged pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to distribute drugs and have agreed to cooperate with the government – this may well be the explanation for additional charges so late in the process.

If convicted, Suzdorf faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.

See Also:

• Doctor from Tampa & St. Pete Clinics Indicted on Drug Charges
• Tampa Pain Clinic Owner Indicted Again on Drug Charges

Drug Charges, Felonies

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