Opioid Traffickers Sentenced To Prison Time In Wisconsin

WAUWATOSA, WI — Two pain clinic owners who were convicted of distributing drugs like oxycodone and methadone were sentenced to prison on Friday, Acting U.S. Attorney Richard Frohling announced.

Lisa Hofschulz, 61, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and Robert Hofschulz, 74, was sentenced to three years in prison, and court records showed the two were convicted of conspiracy to illegally distribute drugs and multiple counts of illegally distributing drugs.

Lisa Hofschulz and Robert Hofschulz were the owners of Clinical Pain Consultants in Wauwatosa, and federal officials said that a jury found Lisa guilty of illegally giving opioids to patients, which resulted in the death of one unknown victim. Robert Hofschulz was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute drugs.

Lisa Hofschulz was the number one prescriber of oxycodone and methadone in Wisconsin in 2015 and 2016, while federal officials say that she prescribed opioids to 99 percent of her patients, each of whom paid $200 a month for their prescriptions. Some customers were prescribed without seeing a medical provider.

Federal officials called Clinical Pain Consultants a "pill mill," and said the owners gave out millions of opioids in 2015 and 2016.

“With nearly 100,000 Americans dying each year due to opioid overdose, medical professionals who violate their oaths to do no harm must be fully held accountable,” John G. McGarry, a drug enforcement agent in Wisconsin said.“The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will continue keeping Wisconsin families safe from opioids that have been diverted from legitimate medical supplies.”