discipline summaries
received drug benefits from services such as Green
Shield, Assure, Blue Cross and the MOHTLC.
The insurers and/or the MOHLTC paid monies to either or both the patients named in the
prescription or the pharmacy issuing the prescription. Both the insurers and the MOHLTC paid
the monies believing the prescription for narcotics written by Dr. Sinclair for his patients were
legitimate. Neither the insurers nor MOHLTC
would have paid any amount had they known the
prescriptions for narcotics were drawn without
proper authority;
d) The following entities were defrauded:
Greenshield: $145,951.70
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care:
$ 62,381.00
Assure: $ 4,163.00
Ontario Blue Cross $10.90
Dr. Sinclair acknowledged his admissions in the
criminal proceeding, and his admission in the criminal proceeding that he committed the offences for
which he was charged, and adopted these admissions
in relation to the Discipline Committee proceeding.
Criminal Convictions and Findings of Guilt
Dr. Sinclair was convicted of the following:
(a) 5 counts of possessing a substance included in
Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act for the purposes of trafficking;
(b) 25 counts of fraud over $5000 contrary to section
380(1) of the Criminal Code;
(