In June 2019, a federal jury acquitted Dr. Krishan Kumar Aggarwal and Dr. Cherian John after an eight-day trial involving Redirections Treatment Advocates, a Suboxone practice in West Virginia. Dr. Aggarwal was represented by Ron Chapman. The jury found both physicians not guilty of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances outside professional practice. The government’s own post-verdict announcement “Two Pennsylvania physicians acquitted of drug charges” records the acquittals.
During trial Ron Chapman explained the “West Virginia Model,” used an addiction-medicine expert, presented federal treatment guidance and patient-monitoring charts, challenged a government expert who had not practiced addiction medicine, and used a handwriting expert to identify forged prescriptions. Dr. Aggarwal received a complete acquittal of health care fraud and opioid prescribing counts.
Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome. Every case depends upon its individual facts and circumstances.