RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 51-year-old Nevada doctor faces a maximum of up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute opioids.
Eric Math of Reno changed his earlier not guilty plea Monday in U.S. District Court in Reno. A federal grand jury indicted Math and seven co-defendants on charges last year related to the distribution of hydrocodone and oxycodone beginning in October 2018.
The others are scheduled to go to trial May 12. Court records say evidence gathered partly through the use of federal wiretaps showed Math wrote the prescriptions outside the course of his professional practice for illegitimate medical purposes.