Thursday, March 28, 2013

Doctor and Assistant Charged in $10 Million Oxycodone Operation - NYTimes.com


Doctor and Assistant Charged in $10 Million Oxycodone Operation - NYTimes.com: "For a certain price, according to the authorities, he would write prescriptions for oxycodone, a powerful painkiller, even if the “patient” never stepped foot in his office at the Itzamna Medical Center in the Gramercy neighborhood in Lower Manhattan. On an average day, he would write 11 fraudulent prescriptions and charge $125 per prescription, the authorities said on Thursday.

Dr. Castro’s office assistant, Patricia Valera, also had a secret."

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