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Tonawanda doctor pleads guilty for role in $8.7M prescription scam

Summary by WIVB
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Tonawanda doctor pleaded guilty for his role in a prescription scam, which resulted in health care benefit programs paying over $8 million in reimbursements for prescriptions and refills that were already filled out, the United States Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. 65-year-old William Stephan, who is a medical doctor with a family practice, was convicted of misprision of felony and was sentenced to one year of p…

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WIVB broke the news in Buffalo, United States on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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