Chavez could face up to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S.

He is the third of five defendants to sign a plea deal with prosecutors in the case.

During a previous hearing, Chavez was granted release on $50,000 bond and ordered not to practice medicine.

Matthew Perry

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At a separate proceeding, he agreed to surrender his California medical license.

Read details of the case below.

Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, will be arraigned today in Los Angeles.

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The five include a live-in assistant, two doctors and a woman known as the Ketamine Queen.

He says the suspects took advantage of Mr. Perrys addiction issues to enrichthemselves.

Both pleaded not guilty later in the day and were arraigned at U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles.

These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perrys addiction issues to enrich themselves.

They knew what they were doing was wrong, Estrada said.

This is a very difficult case to piece together, a senior law enforcement source told Deadline earlier Thursday.

What has happened today and will be announced … there will be likely be more arrests later.

City News Service Contributed to this report.