A phony doctor whose phony flu vaccine was injected into more than 1,100 people is facing prison after pleading guilty in a Houston federal court. Iyad Abu El Hawa could receive a maximum of 10 years in prison for health-care fraud and three years for misbranding a drug when he is sentenced on Dec. 4. He admitted guilt on one count of each charge Wednesday in U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt's court. El Hawa, 36, the owner of a Houston home health-care business, admitted that he used a doctor's name without authorization and purchased thousands of syringes and needles. One...
