GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Manitowoc doctor is pleading not guilty to 19 federal charges of unlawfully prescribing prescription drugs.
Charles Szyman is appearing at the federal courthouse in Green Bay Wednesday after he was indicted last week. He remains free on a personal recognizance bond.
Szyman, “knowingly and intentionally distributed and dispensed unlawfully, and attempted to distribute and dispense unlawfully, a controlled substance outside of his professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose,”, according to the indictment.
The alleged incidents involved 12 different patients between November 21, 2013 and February 16, 2015. It included prescriptions for oxycodone, fentanyl, morphine, amphetamine, and hydrocodone.
FOX 11 reports that the maximum penalty for each count is 20 years in prison and/or a $1 million fine.
Szyman has been under investigation by federal authorities for several years. Holy Family Memorial Hospital, where he worked for 16 years, fired him last fall.
