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MICHAEL A. KAKUK
Assistant U.S. Attorney FILED
U.S. Attorney's Office
JUL O8 2020
901 Front Street, Suite 1100
Helena, MT 59626 Clerk, U.S. Ole1rict Court
Dilb1cl Of llontana
Phone: (406) 457-5262 Helena
Fax: (406)457-5130
E-mail: michael.kakuk@usdoj.gov

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BUTTE DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR20- -BU-

Plaintiff, INFORMATION

DISPENSING CONTROLLED
vs.
SUBSTANCES BY A PRACTITIONER
(DIVERSION) (Count I)
BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, Title 21 U.S.C. § 84l(a)(l)
(Penalty: 20 years imprisonment,
Defendant. $1,000,000 fine, and three years supervised
release)

ACQUIRING OR OBTAINING A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY
MISREPRESENTATION, FRAUD,
FORGERY, DECEPTION,
SUBTERFUGE (Count II)
Title 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3)
(Penalty: four years imprisonment,
$250,000 fine, and one year supervised
release)

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THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHARGES:

COUNTI

That on or about January 2, 2019, within Madison County, in the State and

District of Montana, the defendant, BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, then a licensed

pharmacist and registrant, knowingly and intentionally dispensed hydrocodone, a

Schedule II controlled substance, outside the scope of professional practice and not

for a legitimate medical purpose, to John Doe (true name withheld to protect

identity), in violation of21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(l).

COUNT II

That beginning on or about October 14, 2017, and continuing until on or

about December 18, 2018, within Madison County, in the State and District of

Montana, the defendant, BRADLEY JOHN STOICK, knowingly and intentionally

obtained hydrocodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, by fraud, deception, and

subterfuge, to wit, by hiding false prescriptions in batches oflegitimate

prescriptions awaiting signature, causing them to be signed by a physician, and then

using the false prescriptions and his position as a pharmacist to dispense the

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controlled substances to himself, in violation of21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3).

Dated this g~ay of July, 2020.

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