Mr. Aggarwal, a former physician of Huntsville, Ala., sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2017, is one of nearly 1,500 people whose drug sentences were commuted by Mr. Biden. .
Mr. Aggarwal pleaded guilty to a count of distributing a controlled substance outside the scope of a professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose in 2016. The federal government also pursued a healthcare fraud charge against Mr. Aggarwal when it discovered that he was issued $9.5 million for unneeded urine tests.
He surrendered his state medical license and forfeited control of his clinic, Chronic Pain Care Services, in 2016.
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