- Sylvia Hofstetter, 51, had her 3,400-sq-ft home raided in March by the FBI
- The wealthy businesswoman had several pain clinics, some strictly for cash, serving as many as 100 addicts a day, according to the government
- FBI estimates about 12million prescriptions for opioids, including oxycodone and morphine, were prescribed by the clinics in four years
- Typical visit cost a patient between $325 to $350, FBI agent said; some clinics would see 1,000 patients a month
- FBI has seized her home, two Lexus cars, big screen TVs, more than 100 pieces of jewelry including Rolex watch and diamond rings
- Hofstetter has been charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and money laundering conspiracy
"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Glamorous grandmother busted for secretly 'running the largest illicit drug operation in history of Tennessee with pill mills that raked in $17.5million'
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