Tulsa doctor pleads guilty in opioid drug conspiracy

TULSA, OK – A Tulsa physician has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to distribute controlled substances, as well as maintaining a drug involved premises at his South Tulsa medical clinic where he and others acting on his behalf unlawfully issued prescriptions for controlled substances.

United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Dr. Christopher V. Moses, D.O., 67, of Tulsa entered guilty pleas related to his leading a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances without a legitimate medial purpose and outside the scope of professional practice and his maintaining a drug involved premises. As a part of this conspiracy, Moses and his coconspirators unlawfully issued prescriptions for controlled substances, many of which included deadly opioid prescription drugs such as Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Fentanyl. Moses’ medical clinic was located at 8222 South Harvard Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“Drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death in the United States and almost 70 percent of those deaths involve a prescription or illicit opioid,” said Shores. “The diversion of highly addictive and dangerous prescription opioid pills is the primary way in which people become addicted to opioids. We won’t turn a blind eye while you seek to profit from turning Oklahomans into opioid addicts.”

As a part of the plea agreement in this case, the United States and Moses have agreed to a sentence of one year of home confinement and five total years of probation. The defendant has agreed to forfeit his medical license and not seek reinstatement during the five year sentence. Additionally, Moses will pay $28,581.00 in restitution to two victims and a $200,000 fine.