July 29, 2019
A 47-year-old New York pharmacist told a federal judge Monday that he illegally distributed oxycodone for six years, a guilty plea that gives prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office a cooperating witness in what they call a "brazen," $5 million illegal opioid-pushing ring.
October 11, 2018
A Fifth Avenue psychiatrist was among five doctors who have been charged with writing prescriptions for millions of oxycodone pills they knew were unnecessary in exchange for more than $5 million in cash, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said Thursday.