Cincinnati OH July 26 2013 Federal agents raid an Ohio doctor's office and then arrested him.
Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani has been arrested by federal DEA agents, according to attorney Eric Deters, who has filed multiple cases against Dr. Durrani for unnecessary spine surgeries.
Deters filed 27 more cases in Butler County earlier this week.
It's unclear what federal charges Dr. Durrani is facing. Agents are raiding his office on Reading Road in Evendale.
Dr. Durrani practiced at West Chester/UC Health and Journey Lite. He announced earlier this month that he was opening a new spinal institute in Cincinnati, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute (MISI). He is also the founder of CAST (the Center for Advanced Spinal Technologies).
Patients involved in the lawsuit claim Dr. Durrani convinced them they needed spine and neck surgery. However, other doctors later determined those surgeries as unnecessary and damaging to the patient's health.
According to Deters' office, there are now 150 cases.
Durrani's lawyer, Michael Lyon, told FOX19 in February: "Well, I've seen this. I've been defending doctors for 38 years. I've seen this in the past. We have several plaintiffs if you will, or patients, combined, and it's two things. It's a bandwagon effect, and it's a plaintiff's lawyer who is promoting and participating this action," said Lyon.
Deters is holding a press conference on Thursday morning to discuss the case.
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Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani has been arrested by federal DEA agents, according to attorney Eric Deters, who has filed multiple cases against Dr. Durrani for unnecessary spine surgeries.
Deters filed 27 more cases in Butler County earlier this week.
It's unclear what federal charges Dr. Durrani is facing. Agents are raiding his office on Reading Road in Evendale.
Dr. Durrani practiced at West Chester/UC Health and Journey Lite. He announced earlier this month that he was opening a new spinal institute in Cincinnati, the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute (MISI). He is also the founder of CAST (the Center for Advanced Spinal Technologies).
Patients involved in the lawsuit claim Dr. Durrani convinced them they needed spine and neck surgery. However, other doctors later determined those surgeries as unnecessary and damaging to the patient's health.
According to Deters' office, there are now 150 cases.
Durrani's lawyer, Michael Lyon, told FOX19 in February: "Well, I've seen this. I've been defending doctors for 38 years. I've seen this in the past. We have several plaintiffs if you will, or patients, combined, and it's two things. It's a bandwagon effect, and it's a plaintiff's lawyer who is promoting and participating this action," said Lyon.
Deters is holding a press conference on Thursday morning to discuss the case.
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