Doc’s COVID Spending Bust; Plastic Surgeon Faces $10M Suit; Letby Loses Appeal

Washington state dermatologist William Philip Werschler, MD, has been indicted on charges that he used $1.5 million in COVID relief funds to buy sports cars, real estate, and pay off personal debt. (KREM)

A woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit against New York plastic surgeon Ammar Mahmoud, MD, alleging he beat her and turned her into a sex slave. (New York Post)

Arkansas physician David Diffine, MD, had his license suspended following accusations that he performed a sexual act with a staff member while other staff watched. (KAIT)

Parents have sued a Florida hospital alleging a worker broke their premature baby’s neck, and she later died of her injuries. (ABC News)

The man accused of murdering Oregon nurse Melissa Jubane was “deliberately cruel” to her in her final moments, prosecutors said. (People)

Convicted killer nurse Lucy Letby has lost her appeal to overturn her latest conviction for attempted murder of a baby girl. (BBC)

The man accused in a drunk driving crash that killed Barbara Ann Friedes, MD, a resident at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been charged with third-degree murder, in addition to charges of homicide by vehicle. (FOX 29)

Tennessee medical school student Ellie Young was shot and killed after volunteering at a breast cancer walk, and her ex-boyfriend now faces murder charges. (WCSC)

A Texas woman who posed as a nurse supervisor at two facilities pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of identifying information. (KFDX)

North Carolina ophthalmologist Jay Singleton, DO, has been working on a 4-year legal challenge to the state’s “certificate of need” law, alleging it stifles competition. (North Carolina Health News)

A nurse has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a New Jersey hospital for allegedly refusing to grant religious exemptions from its mandatory vaccination policy. (NJ.com)

A Tennessee clinic will pay $1.1 million to settle allegations that it improperly billed Medicare for electro-acupuncture, using an incorrect code for surgically implantable devices, according to federal prosecutors.