The Case Of Paul Kornak - 1134 Words

In the case of Paul Kornak, he was found guilty on multiple accounts. He plead guilty to three criminal charges which are as follows, materially false statement, mail fraud and criminally negligent homicide. Kornak filled out an application for employment with the VA and falsely filled out that he had never been convicted or placed on probation. This was not true as he was convicted in 1993 for obtaining a false medical license and had to serve 3 years of probation. Kornak was employed by Stratton VA Medical Center in the oncology research program where he was a coordinator for the atherosclerosis study and a bladder cancer study. Throughout these two studies he submitted documentation about patients that was false and allowed subjects who did not follow protocol, to enter studies. He was charged with criminally negligent homicide when a study subject died. Kornak used false results stating that the individual blood analysis supported that the subject was able to go through with t he study, which was taking chemotherapeutic drugs. The actual results showed that the participate kidneys and liver were below average functioning levels, thus the patient should not have been allowed to go on with the study. Kornak admitted to the above charges. According to the case summary completed by the office of research integrity, Kornak was charged with a lifetime debarment to â€Å"protect the public interest overall† this is due to â€Å"his longstanding pattern of criminal behavior and his