A federal jury has found Florida Dr. Qing McGaha guilty of 14 counts of unlawful drug distribution, four counts of money laundering, and one count of filing a false tax return.
McGaha faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count of unlawful drug distribution, up to 10 years for each money laundering count, and 3 years’ imprisonment for filing a false tax return.
Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 15, 2023. McGaha was indicted on January 2, 2023.
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According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, McGaha was a Florida-licensed medical doctor who owned and operated MD Care Clinic, a pain management clinic in Hillsborough County.
Over a 20-month period, undercover agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted numerous appointments with McGaha.
At each appointment, they received hydrocodone, hydromorphone, or oxycodone, Schedule II controlled substances not for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice.
Between January 2016 and January 2021, McGaha distributed more than 2.1 million opioid pills.
In addition, McGaha engaged in multiple monetary transactions over $10,000 in funds criminally derived from the operation of her clinic.
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She used these funds to purchase a piece of real property in Clearwater and deposited them into her bank account. In 2021, McGaha filed false and fraudulent tax forms for tax year 2020 that underreported MD Care’s gross revenue by nearly $300,000.
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