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Prosecutors seek Powell treatment center facilities

POWELL (WNE) — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to turn a Powell drug treatment center’s facilities over to the state for implication in insurance fraud, according to court documents. 

The facility — Northwest Wyoming Treatment Center — was founded by a Powell psychologist, Gibson Condie, who in 2018 pleaded guilty to health care fraud. The same year, a federal judge sentenced him to three years in prison. 

A spokesman for the Wyoming branch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said by phone Friday morning he was unsure if the c...

 
 
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