Convicted Tricia Derges to sell medical equipment, Springfield clinic
After being convicted of fraud earlier this year, former Nixa state Representative Tricia Derges is selling her medical equipment and lease of her Springfield-based Ozark Valley Medical Clinic.
To take over the lease and purchase the medical equipment, Derges is seeking $30,000 in a listing posted online last week.
Derges, a state lawmaker and founder of several medical clinics throughout southwest Missouri, was found guilty in July of 22 charges, including wire fraud, illegal distribution of controlled substances and making false statements to investigators.
The judge in the case also forbid Derges from practicing medicine or from stepping foot on Ozark Valley Medical Clinic grounds, where many of the crimes she was convicted of took place.
Many of the 22 counts alleged and ultimately convicted Derges of misleading patients into taking fake stem cell treatments and profiting off of the fraud.
Derges was elected to the Missouri state House of Representatives in 2020 as a Republican. She did not run for re-election and resigned from the body days after her conviction.
Unable to legally continue her practice, Derges is hoping to unload her clinic.
"Turn Key Clinic or Expand Locations: 2500 sq foot, assume lease. Fully equipped and beautifully decorated. PRIME location 65 and Sunshine St. 28,000 cars a day," reads the listing. The current lease of the clinic is $2,500 a month.
The Springfield clinic is joined by branches in Ozark and Branson.
Derges did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the listings. She will be sentenced later this fall.
Andrew Sullender is the local government reporter for the Springfield News-Leader. Follow him on Twitter @andrewsullender. Email tips and story ideas to asullender@gannett.com.
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