A Southfield physician convicted for her role in a $20 million conspiracy to illegally prescribe opioid pills has been sentenced, federal officials said.

Charise Valentine, 69, was sentenced Wednesday by a U.S. District Judge to six years in prison for charges of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute prescription opioids and 10 counts of illegal distribution of oxycodone and oxymorphone, according to Jerome Gorgon, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

“Doctors take an oath to heal, not poison," Gorgon said in a statement. "As a doctor, this defendant knew better than anyone the devastating harm that opioid addiction causes to people. There is no place in our community for corrupt doctors."

Valentine's attorney was not immediately available for comment on Wednesday.

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