Doctor Convicted in Methamphetamine Case
A Fountain Valley physician has been convicted of illegally distributing the drug pseudo ephedrine, the major ingredient of methamphetamine, authorities said.
Dr. Fredesminda Yabut-Baluyut, 56, was found guilty Tuesday of putting nearly 12 million tablets of the drug, an over-the-counter cold medication regulated by the government, into illicit methamphetamine manufacturing channels. Prosecutors said she bought the tablets under her medical license from an East Coast pharmaceutical firm and provided them to an admitted drug dealer.
John S. Gordon, who prosecuted the case, said Yabut-Baluyut faces up to 112 years in prison and fines up to $1.7 million.
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