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Doctor who hassled whistleblowers arrested.

Rolando Arafiles, Jr., M.D. has been charged with "misuse of official information" and "retaliation," both of which are 3rd degree felonies. http://www.casewatch.org/board/med/arafiles/warrant.pdf  In 2009, after learning that the Texas Medical Board was investigating him, Arafiles improperly gave information about ten patients to his local sheriff and asked him to find out who had complained to the Board. After the sheriff did so, the nurses were fired by their hospital the county attorney persuaded a grand jury to indict them for misuse of official information. The charge against one of the nurses was dropped shortly before trial; the other was acquitted by the jury. The Texas Board has charged Arafiles with improperly treating nine patients and attempting to intimidate the nurses. http://www.casewatch.org/board/med/arafiles/complaint_2010.shtml For further details about the controversy, see http://www.quackwatch.org/14Legal/nurses.html

(from www.quackwatch.org)