More information about investigation behind doctor’s office raid revealed

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — More information is coming out about the raid of a medical office earlier this year.

Back on Jan. 19, Johnson County deputies and agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at Appalachian Family Medicine, on 10th Street in Paintsville. The following month, records unsealed in U.S. District Court in Pikeville confirmed that the the raid was tied to a drug trafficking investigation and sought to have the office forfeited to the government.

Now, authorities have expanded on that motion.

In addition to the office, prosecutors are also seeking the forfeiture of a 2020 Dodge Ram that was seized in Harlan County and more than $41,000 seized from two bank accounts in Marietta, Ohio.

The motion further states that all of the property is linked to drug trafficking and money laundering.

Additional records describing the investigation remain under seal. So far, no criminal charges connected to the case have been announced.

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