Done Global Founder Sentenced to 6 Years for $90M Adderall Distribution Scheme Involving 37 Million Pills
Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of Done Global Inc., a California-based digital mental health company, was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $1 million for orchestrating a $90 million scheme that unlawfully distributed over 37 million pills of Adderall through the company's telehealth platform. The scheme also defrauded insurers of over $12 million. He spent over $40 million on social media ads to deceive patients into believing they had attention deficit disorders. The clinical president of the company was also sentenced to 24 months. The case represents one of the largest telehealth fraud prosecutions related to controlled substance distribution.
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The founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ruthia He of Done Global Inc., a California-based digital mental health company, was sentenced today to six years in prison and a fine of $1 million for orchestrating a scheme that used her company's technology platform, compensation structure, and clinical protocols to unlawfully distribute over 37 million pills of Adderall
The defendant spent over $40 million on social media advertisements to deceive Americans into believing they had attention deficit disorders
defraud insurers of over $12 million, and obstruct the federal investigation that followed
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