Done Global's founder and clinical president convicted and sentenced
Ruthia He, founder and CEO of the San Francisco telehealth company Done Global, and David Brody, its clinical president, were arrested in June 2024 over a scheme prosecutors say arranged the prescription of more than 37 million Adderall pills, obtaining over $90 million in revenue and costing insurers more than $12 million. A federal jury convicted both in November 2025, and both were sentenced in July 2026: He to 72 months in prison and a $1 million fine, Brody to 24 months and a $1 million fine.
- Year
- 2024
- Where
- United States
- Outcome
- Sentenced
- Reported loss
- $12.0 million
- Victims
- Not stated in the sources
- Schemes
- ADHD telehealth mill fraud
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
The facts, as recorded
- Ruthia He, Done Global's founder and CEO, was arrested in Los Angeles on June 13, 2024; David Brody, the company's clinical president, was arrested the same day in San Rafael, California.
- Prosecutors allege Done Global operated on a subscription model, advertised at around $79 a month, promising online diagnosis, treatment and refills of ADHD medication.
- Done prescribers were allegedly paid based on how many patients received a prescription rather than for the time spent on a visit, with some paid as much as $60,000 a month, and appointments allegedly capped at about 30 minutes.
- The indictment and later trial evidence describe prescriptions issued, in some cases, based solely on a short video or audio communication, or without any communication at all.
- A federal jury in San Francisco convicted He and Brody on November 19, 2025, of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, four counts of distribution of controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud; He was also convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- US District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced He on July 7, 2026 to 72 months in prison and a $1 million fine, and Brody to 24 months in prison and a $1 million fine.
- DOJ figures given at sentencing describe the scheme as arranging over 37 million pills of Adderall and other stimulants, generating about $90 million in revenue, and costing insurers more than $12 million; the original 2024 charging documents put the figures somewhat higher, at over 40 million pills, over $100 million in revenue and about $14 million in insurer losses.
- Assistant Attorney General statements at sentencing described He as having 'hid behind the cloak of medicine to deceive the public,' and described Brody's prescribers as having handed out stimulants 'like Santa Claus.'
Why this case matters
Prosecutors have described this as the Justice Department’s first criminal drug distribution prosecution of a telemedicine provider. It set the template the rest of this page follows: a subscription business model, prescriber pay tied to prescriptions rather than visits, and an intake process far short of a real evaluation.
The incentive built into the pay structure
Prosecutors say Done’s prescribers were paid based on how many patients received a prescription, not for the time spent with each one, with some paid as much as $60,000 a month and appointments capped at about 30 minutes. That structure rewarded writing a script over declining to.
A gap between charging and sentencing
More than two years passed between He and Brody’s arrest in June 2024 and their sentencing in July 2026. The dollar and pill figures moved slightly downward between the original charging documents (over 40 million pills, over $100 million in revenue, about $14 million in insurer losses) and the figures cited at sentencing (over 37 million pills, about $90 million in revenue, over $12 million in insurer losses), most likely reflecting what trial evidence actually supported rather than the fuller original allegation.
The caveat
He and Brody were convicted by a jury and have been sentenced; those findings are final as to them. The company they ran, Done Global Inc., and a Florida medical practice, Mindful Mental Wellness P.A., were separately indicted in December 2025 over related conduct and had not been tried as of this review; the allegations against those corporate defendants are not proven, and a company or practice named in a charging document is not the same as a conviction.
Sources
- Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Arrested for $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme. US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: The June 13, 2024 arrest date and the $100 million scheme description.
- Healthcare company execs arrested for running $100M online Adderall scheme. FOX 35 Orlando / KTVU. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: The arrest locations, the names and titles of He and Brody, the charges, the 20-year maximum penalty, the prescriber pay structure, and the Garland and Milgram quotes.
- US jury convicts founder of ADHD startup in Adderall fraud scheme. CTV News, reproducing Reuters. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: The November 19, 2025 conviction date.
- Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Sentenced to 72 Months and 24 Months Respectively for $90 Million Scheme to Distribute Over 37 Million Pills of Adderall. US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: The July 7, 2026 sentencing date, the 72-month and 24-month sentences, the $1 million fine each, the 37 million pill figure, the $90 million scheme total, and the over $12 million insurer loss figure.
- SF telehealth CEO gets six years in prison, $1 million fine in federal Adderall fraud case. SFist. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: Judge Charles Breyer presiding, the $1 million fine for both He and Brody, the $40 million advertising figure, the $79 monthly subscription price, the 30-minute appointment cap, prescriber pay up to $60,000 a month, and the quotes attributed to Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald, Anne Milgram, David Brody and a patient's family member.
- Digital Health Company and Medical Practice Indicted in $100M Adderall Distribution Scheme. US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. Accessed 2026-10-29. Supports: The confirmation that He and Brody were previously convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, four counts of distribution, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and, for He, conspiracy to obstruct justice, plus the over 40 million pill and over $100 million figures as originally charged.