Pamela Carlson:
The conviction of Dr. Anand makes me sick to my stomach.
It’s beyond my understanding how this could happen to a well-educated, hard-working American hero who not only served in the military but also served Americans who only need a caring, compassionate doctor in their lives. I don’t wish ill on anyone; however, someday they will need a good doctor with compassion who knows good medicine, and there won’t be any willing to treat them for fear of being jailed.It makes me wonder how educated or uneducated the jury was in this trial.
reported by youarewithinthenorms.com
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A PATTERN OF INJUSTICE
This online article reports on alleged systemic persecution of successful Indian physicians in the United States. It highlights the case of Dr. Shiva Akula, who claims he was falsely indicted due to conspiracy and market competition.
It parallels Britain’s Post Office scandal, where faulty software led to wrongful convictions. The author contends that flawed data and prosecutorial misconduct contribute to a pattern of racial targeting, resulting in the unjust imprisonment of numerous Indian doctors.
The central purpose appears to be to raise global awareness of this issue, particularly in India, and to advocate for intervention and economic pressure to end these alleged injustices.
IN AMERICA, SUCCESSFUL INDIAN PHYSICIANS ARE NAMED AND SHAMED, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES
On January 10, 2023, prominent Indian physician Dr. Shiva Akula filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Miami) (23-CV-60034) against, among other things, an insurance agency acting on behalf of the American Government. Dr. Akula, an internationally recognized physician and philanthropist, claims he was criminally indicted on August 5, 2021, consequent to a scheme perpetrated by his market competitors and governmental prosecutors.
THE ELEMENTS OF CONSPIRACY HAVE BEEN CODIFIED
The lawsuit details the method of the conspiracy and how the criminal indictment is purposed to eliminate Dr. Akula from the American healthcare market to permit his competitors to seize his business and personal assets:
“The indictment and subsequent prosecution were a consequence of a conspiracy concocted by Defendants Passages, Anderson, and co-conspirator William Cassidy, Esq, all of whom stood to profit at the expense of Plaintiff Akula, through respectively, increased market share by eliminating Akula and seizing his business assets, a ‘whistleblower’ fee, and legal fees for Plaintiff Akula’s criminal defense.”
Richard Lawhern, Ph.D.
“The elements of this conspiracy have been codified in various government-insurance industry pamphlets and ‘playbooks’ under the guise of a secret agreement entered into by the insurance industry and certain governmental agencies, in or about 2010/2012.”
“The tactics employed against Plaintiff Akula have been employed, since at least 2012, against many other successful and innocent Indian physicians, most of whom remain incarcerated in American jails.”
These hardworking Indian doctors, once they become successful, are portrayed as criminals who came to this country to steal the American dollar, as if their contribution to this country’s healthcare system is worth nothing.
In addition to the American lawsuit, Dr. Akula’s family has initiated legal action against the State of Louisiana and others in the Indian courts on the principal charge that the American prosecutor/judge violated his human rights by preventing him from attending his mother’s funeral:
THE SACRED LAST RIGHT OF HER DEPARTED SOUL DENIED
“On November 5, 2021, the mother of Dr. Shiva Akula died in Hyderabad, and her remains await the arrival of her son, Dr. Shiva Akula, from the US to perform the last rites and funeral of her departed soul.
However, the colluding Defendants built a false narrative. The prosecutor vehemently opposed his legitimate travel to Hyderabad, which was denied. The prosecutor later had ex parte communication to influence the Judge, and the Judgement was reversed.
Meanwhile, Capital One (Defendant No. 2) illegally freezes and holds on to more than USD 30,000 for the Akula Family Foundation (Plaintiff) grant. Further, Akula’s son, a Captain serving in the United States Air Force, also had his bank account frozen. He was unable to buy food for his children. The eldest member of the Akula Family now struggles with the severe agony of seeing how his nephew failed to adieu a graceful farewell to his mother ….”
Dr. Akula’s driving purpose in commencing these actions is to continue to raise global awareness of the racial targeting in the United States of successful Indian physicians and to cause it to conclude through government intervention and economic pressure on American corporations conducting business in India.
FOR NOW, YOU ARE WITHIN
THE NORMS
Briefing Document: Allegations of Persecution of Indian Physicians in the US
Date: October 26, 2023 Prepared For: Review and Consideration
Sources: Excerpts from “Pasted Text” published on youarewithinthenorms.com
Executive Summary:
These excerpts from youarewithinthenorms.com detail serious allegations of systemic persecution targeting successful Indian physicians in the United States. The articles contend that these physicians are being unfairly targeted, criminally indicted, and prosecuted based on manufactured fraud violations, often related to opioid prescribing.
The authors draw parallels to the British Post Office scandal, highlighting the potential for faulty software (Prescription Drug Monitoring Program – PDMP) to generate false data in these prosecutions. The core themes revolve around racial targeting, prosecutorial misconduct, the misuse of data analytics as “junk science,” and the alleged influence of market competitors and insurance companies.
The articles call for intervention from the Parliament of India and advocate for raising global awareness and applying economic pressure on American corporations in India to address this issue.
Main Themes and Important Ideas:
1. Alleged Racial Targeting and Persecution of Successful Indian Physicians:
- The central claim is that successful Indian physicians in the US are being unfairly targeted and prosecuted due to their success and ethnicity.
- The article states, “IN AMERICA, SUCCESSFUL INDIAN PHYSICIANS ARE NAMED AND SHAMED, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES.”
- It is alleged that these physicians are portrayed as criminals who “came to this country to steal the American dollar as if their contribution to this country’s healthcare system is worth nothing.”
- The case of Dr. Shiva Akula is presented as a prime example of this alleged persecution, with claims of a conspiracy by market competitors and governmental prosecutors to eliminate him from the healthcare market.
- The article asserts, “The tactics employed against Plaintiff Akula have been employed, since at least 2012, against many other successful and innocent Indian physicians, most of whom remain incarcerated in American jails.“
Under the “State Involvement Doctrine,” such behavior is improper because the software scheme violates the 14th Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
2. Comparison to the British Post Office Scandal (“Opioidgate”):
- The articles draw a strong parallel between the situation faced by Indian physicians in the US and the British Post Office scandal.
- It claims, “” AMERICA’S OPIOIDGATE SCANDAL:” BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO BRITAIN’S POST OFFICE SCANDAL, FAULTY SOFTWARE USED BY U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT, HAS SENT OVER 4K WRONGFULLY CHARGED MEDICAL PRACTIONERS TO LONG-TERM INCARCERATIONS, ON MANUFACTURED FRAUD VIOLATIONS: A MAJOR MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE”“
- The Post Office scandal involved hundreds of postal workers wrongly convicted due to faulty accounting software. The analogy suggests that flawed software (PDMP) in the US is leading to the wrongful prosecution of doctors.
- The article highlights that in the Post Office scandal, “Britain’s postal scandal BASED ON FLAWED PROGRAMMING, RESULTED IN A MAJOR MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE FOR POST OFFICE WORKERS.“
3. Allegations of Conspiracy and Malicious Prosecution:
- Dr. Shiva Akula’s lawsuit alleges a conspiracy involving market competitors, an insurance agency, and a lawyer to eliminate him from the market.
- The lawsuit details how “The indictment and subsequent prosecution were a consequence of a conspiracy concocted by Defendants Passages, Anderson, and co-conspirator William Cassidy, Esq, all of whom stood to profit at the expense of Plaintiff Akula, through respectively, increased market share by eliminating Akula and seizing his business assets, a ‘whistleblower’ fee, and legal fees for Plaintiff Akula’s criminal defense.“
- The article suggests that this type of conspiracy, driven by profit motives, is a recurring theme in the alleged persecution of Indian physicians.
4. Misuse of Data Analytics (“Junk Science”) andhttps://youtu.be/TrpmSadGaXA?si=KfXSAhko3qZtrsm2https://youtu.be/TrpmSadGaXA?si=KfXSAhko3qZtrsm2
Faulty Software (PDMP):
- The articles criticize the use of data analytics by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), labeling it as “DATA ANALYTICS AS JUNK SCIENCE“.
- Richard Lawhern, Ph.D., states, “‘If you torture the data for long enough, you can make it say anything.’…I believe that is exactly what USDOJ, CDC, and DEA have been doing with their deliberate conflation and mischaracterization of research results on medical prescribing versus opioid-involved overdose mortality—Richard Lawhern, Ph.D“
- The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is identified as a “FAULTY SYSTEM SOFTWARE GENERATING FALSE DATA U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT, COURTS ARE USING TO SEND DOCTORS TO PRISON“.
- The articles imply that flawed data from the PDMP is being used to accuse physicians of over-prescribing unjustly.
5. Regulatory Racism and DEA/DOJ Corruption:
- The articles use the term “Regulatory Racism” to describe the alleged targeting of Indian physicians.
- There are strong accusations against the DEA and DOJ, claiming “DOJ-DEA CORRUPTION” and that the “United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has operated unchecked as a rogue sub-agency enterprise of government operating outside the rule of law.“
- The DEA is accused of “Creating their own medical science (Auer deference), specifically misidentifying the dosages and purposes of legally and medically prescribed FDA-approved Narcotic Analgesic medications, ‘having a useful and legitimate medical purpose,’ to be illegitimate.“
- The article quotes US law (21 U.S.C. § 801(1)) stating that federal law enforcement agencies are unqualified to determine the legitimate medical purpose of drugs.
6. Judicial and Prosecutorial Misconduct:
- The articles allege “JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT” and “Prosecutorial Misconduct“.
- In Dr. Akula’s case, it is claimed that the prosecutor “vehemently opposed his legitimate travel to Hyderabad [for his mother’s funeral], which was denied. The prosecutor later had ex parte communication to influence the Judge, AND THE JUDGMENT WAS REVERSED.“
- The appointment of former AUSA Brandy McMillion, who prosecuted Dr. Rajendra Bothra (later found not guilty after 3.5 years in jail), to a federal judgeship is highlighted as concerning.
- The case of Steven Henson, MD, where a federal judge allegedly converted a 9-3 not guilty verdict to guilty, is cited as an example of judicial overreach.
THE PATH WAY OF THE PUNKAHWALLAH
7. Human Rights Violations:
- The denial of Dr. Akula’s request to attend his mother’s funeral is framed as a violation of his human rights.
- Dr. Akula’s family has reportedly initiated legal action in Indian courts on this basis.
- The emotional and financial toll on the accused physicians and their families is emphasized, including instances of suicide (Dr. Charles R. Szyman), frozen bank accounts (Dr. Akula and his son), and reputational damage.
8. Call for International Intervention and Economic Pressure:
- The articles explicitly address the “PARLIAMENT OF INDIA,” stating that “AMERICA’S CONTINUED PERSECUTION OF INDIAN PHYSICIANS MUST BE ADDRESSED.”
- Dr. Akula’s stated purpose in his legal actions is “to continue to raise global awareness of the racial targeting in the United States of successful Indian physicians and to cause it to conclude through government intervention and economic pressure on American corporations conducting business in India.“
Examples of Physicians Mentioned:
- Dr. Shiva Akula
- Dr. Timothy E. King
- Dr. Anita Louise Jackson
- Dr. Terry Sasaki
- Dr. Charles R. Szyman (deceased)
- Dr. Howard Adelglass
- Dr. Rajendra Bothra
- Dr. Richard Kaul
- Dr. Neil Anand
- Steven Henson, MD
Conclusion:
The provided excerpts present a concerning narrative of alleged systemic persecution targeting successful Indian physicians in the United States. The articles utilize strong language and draw parallels to a significant miscarriage of justice in the UK to emphasize the severity of the claims.
The key arguments revolve around racial bias, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, the misuse of technology and data, and the potential influence of market forces.
The authors explicitly seek intervention from the Indian government and advocate for international pressure to address these allegations. It is important to note that the source presents these allegations and requires further independent investigation and verification.
