A Texas man was found guilty Wednesday of posing as a physician at an illegal pain clinic that federal authorities described as a “pill mill.”

A jury found Muhammad Arif, 61, of Katy, Texas, guilty of one count of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances, and three counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances, the Department of Justice said.

Arif was accused of conspiring with the owner of Aster Medical Clinic, an unregistered pain clinic in Rosenburg, Texas, where prosecutors said workers illegally prescribed “hundreds of thousands of doses” of opioids and other controlled substances, according to a statement. (READ MORE)