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MICHAEL A. KAKUK
Assistant U.S. Attorney FILED
U.S. Attorney's Office
JUL O8 2020
901 Front Street, Suite 1100
Helena, MT 59626 Clerk, U.S. Ole1rict Court
Dilb1cl Of llontana
Phone: (406) 457-5262 Helena
Fax: (406)457-5130
E-mail: michael.kakuk@usdoj.gov
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BUTTE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR20- -BU-
Plaintiff, INFORMATION
DISPENSING CONTROLLED
vs.
SUBSTANCES BY A PRACTITIONER
(DIVERSION) (Count I)
BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, Title 21 U.S.C. § 84l(a)(l)
(Penalty: 20 years imprisonment,
Defendant. $1,000,000 fine, and three years supervised
release)
ACQUIRING OR OBTAINING A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY
MISREPRESENTATION, FRAUD,
FORGERY, DECEPTION,
SUBTERFUGE (Count II)
Title 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3)
(Penalty: four years imprisonment,
$250,000 fine, and one year supervised
release)
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THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHARGES:
COUNTI
That on or about January 2, 2019, within Madison County, in the State and
District of Montana, the defendant, BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, then a licensed
pharmacist and registrant, knowingly and intentionally dispensed hydrocodone, a
Schedule II controlled substance, outside the scope of professional practice and not
for a legitimate medical purpose, to John Doe (true name withheld to protect
identity), in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l).
COUNT II
That beginning on or about October 14, 2017, and continuing until on or
about December 18, 2018, within Madison County, in the State and District of
Montana, the defendant, BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, knowingly and intentionally
obtained hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, by fraud, deception, and
subterfuge, to wit, by hiding false prescriptions in batches oflegitimate
prescriptions awaiting signature, causing them to be signed by a physician, and then
using the false prescriptions and his position as a pharmacist to dispense the
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controlled substances to himself, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3).
Dated this g~ay of July, 2020.
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