The Vice Chief of Staff for Humboldt County General Hospital in Winnemucca has pleaded guilty to illegally writing prescriptions without a medical purpose. According to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada. Nicholas Trutanich says, “We remain committed to investigating and prosecuting doctors who abuse their position of trust and fuel the opioid epidemic.” 57-year-old Dr. Shouping Li of Winnemucca admitted that between August 2015 and February 2018, he prescribed Oxycodone and Hydrocodone, to patients outside the usual course of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. He further admitted that several of his patients died while he actively attended to them. He faces the maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.