LAS VEGAS, Nev. – An indictment by a federal grand jury was
unsealed today charging a doctor and seven others for conspiring to distribute
Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A.
Trutanich and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas
Division.
Myron Motley, 55, of Richmond, California; Eric Math, M.D.,
50, of Reno; Michael Kwoka, 56, of Fair Oaks, California; Michael Slater, 42,
of Reno; Joseph Jeannette, 51, of Reno; Ivy Elliott, 35, of Reno; and Alesia Sampson, 56, of Grass
Valley, California, are all charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to
distribute and to distribute Oxycodone. Motley and Elliott are also charged
with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute
methamphetamine. Motley is also charged with four counts of distribution of
Oxycodone and one count of distribution of Hydrocodone, Math and Slater are
also each charged with one count of distribution of Oxycodone and one count of
distribution of Hydrocodone, and Kwoka and Elliot are also charged with one
count of distribution of Oxycodone. In a separate indictment, Motley and Randy
Raihall, 58, of Reno, are each charged with one count of distribution of
Oxycodone.
Motley was arrested in Richmond, California this morning and
is scheduled to be arraigned today before United State Magistrate Judge Kandis
A. Westmore in Oakland, California. Kowka and Sampson were arrested in Fair
Oaks and Grass Valley this morning and are scheduled to be arraigned today
before United States Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney in Sacramento,
California. Math, Jeannette, Slater, Elliott, and Raihall are scheduled to be
arraigned today at 3:00 pm before United States Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin
Carry in Reno.
According to allegations contained in the indictment, from
January 2018 to May 2019, the defendants conspired to possess and distribute
Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, each a schedule II controlled substance, with Dr.
Math issuing prescriptions for the same without a medical purpose and not in
the usual course of professional practice.
The mandatory minimum is 10 years in prison and the maximum
penalty is 20 years in prison and a $10,000,000 fine.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Oxycodone and Hydrocodone are among the most common drugs involved in
prescription opioid overdose deaths. Oxycodone and other Schedule II drugs have
a high potential for abuse that can lead to addiction, overdose, and sometimes
death.
An indictment is merely an allegation and the defendants are
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a
court of law.
The joint investigation was conducted by the FBI; the Reno
Police Department; Nevada Highway Patrol; the Department of Welfare and Social
Services Nevada; the Office of the Attorney General; the Carson City Sheriff’s
Office; the Nevada Department of Corrections; the Nevada Gaming Control Board;
the Sparks Police Department; the University of Nevada-Reno Police Department;
and the IRS-Criminal Investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney James E. Keller.
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