Medical Crimes

Jeremy Pauley admitted that he bought human remains from multiple people, knowing the remains were stolen. More

September 11, 2023

Jennifer Hall pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the deaths of two patients, as well as one count of assault. More

August 21, 2023

Lucy Letby, who refused to appear in court to face grieving parents, was given the most severe sentence possible. More

August 21, 2023

UK neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others. More

August 18, 2023

The lawsuit, filed by the child's mother and father, alleges the doctor used too much force after it became stuck during delivery. More

August 9, 2023

During a search of his home, James Nott told FBI agents 'only my dead friends' when asked if anyone else was inside the residence. More

July 13, 2023

UPDATED: The indictment cites a transaction where a defendant allegedly sold human skin to a man who tanned it to create leather. More

June 15, 2023

Heather Pressdee is accused of killing two patients and injuring a third by administering lethal doses of insulin. More

June 1, 2023

Prosecutor Raúl Torrez said, 'The abuse and neglect that she endured was horrific' when describing the victim's injuries. More

May 23, 2023

Candance Chapman Scott allegedly sold Jeremy Lee Pauley fetuses, brains, hearts, lungs, genitalia, large pieces of skin and other body parts. More

May 1, 2023

Stephan Gevorkian is accused of treating thousands of patients, including cancer treatment, for several years without a medical license. More

April 28, 2023

Jennifer Hall pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of second-degree attempted assault. More

April 26, 2023

Prosecutors said that Dr. Carlos Chacon left his patient to suffocate for hours and prevented others from calling 911. More

April 13, 2023

Johnson & Johnson earmarks nearly $9 billion to cover allegations its baby power containing talc caused cancer. More

April 4, 2023

Last year, Jennifer Hall was arrested for the 2002 death of another patient under her care as a respiratory therapist. More

March 2, 2023

After she cut off the man’s right foot, Mary K. Brown told her colleagues that she wanted to display it at her family’s taxidermy shop, according to charging documents. More

February 17, 2023

Michigan doctor sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $30M in scheme to bill insurers for unnecessary injections and opioid prescriptions. More

January 30, 2023

Kansas prisoner John Keith Calvin, who alleged in a lawsuit that he was not being treated properly for cancer, has died. More

January 26, 2023

Massachusetts' highest court said allowing doctors to prescribe lethal doses to mentally competent terminally ill patients is not legally protected. More

December 19, 2022

Ramesh Balwani was convicted on all 12 felony counts, and his lawyers contend he deserves a far more lenient sentence, preferably in home confinement. More

December 6, 2022

The suspect is alleged to have switched off a 79-year-old woman's ventilator because she was annoyed by the sound it made. More

December 5, 2022

Dr. Daniel N. Davidow, former medical director of a Virginia children's hospital, is charged with 4 felony sex crimes related to abuse at the facility. More

December 2, 2022

Yale University is accused in a federal lawsuit of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring some to withdraw. More

November 30, 2022

Indiana attorney general asks state medical licensing board to discipline Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who spoke of providing abortion to 10-year-old rape victim. More

November 30, 2022

Autopsy results are pending, and officials say it does not seem foul play was involved in Dr. Eric Salata's death. More

November 30, 2022

Dr. Saul Lipsman, a 77-year-old Palm Beach County, Florida podiatrist, was arrested on a sexual battery charge. More

October 25, 2022

52-year-old Eyvette Hunter is accused of “unlawfully causing the death of James Morris by intentional medical maltreatment," according to the indictment. More

August 24, 2022

A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook. More

August 19, 2022

Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator Muhammad Masood pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge. He was arrested for telling paid FBI informants he pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry out lone wolf attacks in the U.S. More

August 16, 2022

Hundreds of alumni have alleged the late Dr. Richard Strauss abused them throughout his two decades at the school, and that Ohio State officials knew of complaints but failed to stop him. More

July 26, 2022