Two doctors, a medical clinic operator and a patient recruiter are charged with conspiring to illegally distribute prescription opioids, federal authorities announced on Thursday, Aug. 14.

The unsealed indictment alleges that Dr. Shakeeb Chinoy, 55, of Bloomfield Hills; Dr. Sunil Manjila-Varghese, 53, of Ann Arbor; Rommel Harvey, 43, of Detroit; and Gregory Sparks, 42, of Detroit issued thousands of opioid prescriptions to people who did not have legitimate medical needs from November 2023 through June 2025.

The four men were indicted Aug. 6, with the indictment unsealed on Thursday, Aug. 14, according to U.S. District Court records in Detroit.

The alleged conspiracy involved oxycodone, oxycodone-acetaminophen (Percocet), hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Norco), oxymorphone, and promethazine

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