U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger described Kestner as a “ruthless businessman” who funded a “lavish lifestyle” by turning medical professionals into “puppets” who pressured patients into injections that did not help their pain and sometimes made it worse. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pain-md-ceo-michael-kestner-fraud-sentencing-faced-20-years-got-18-months/