Brooklyn doctor and office manager charged with selling prescriptions for cash
BRIGHTON BEACH — A doctor and office manager at a Brighton Beach medical clinic were arraigned on Friday on an indictment for grand larceny and healthcare fraud, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Department of Social Services Acting Commissioner Molly Wasow Park.
The defendants are accused of stealing more than $700,000 over a four-year period by fraudulently billing Medicaid for non-existent services and selling prescriptions for narcotics, opioids, and other controlled substances to patients they were not treating.
“As the opioid epidemic continues to claim the lives of thousands of New Yorkers each year, it is unconscionable that these medical professionals allegedly endangered their patients’ health, trafficked in controlled substances, and stole hundreds of thousands from Medicaid,” said District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. “Anyone who contributes to the growth of prescription drug abuse, imperils the health and safety of Brooklyn residents, or rips off the taxpayers will be held accountable.”