East Windsor Man Sentenced For Role In Fraudulent Oxycodone Scheme

BRIDGEPORT, CT — An East Windsor resident has received a prison sentence of 12 months and one day, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a scheme to acquire and distribute oxycodone obtained through fraudulent prescriptions.

Jayson Kemp, 46, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport. He was also ordered to pay $48,836.14 in restitution. He has been released on a $150,000 bond, and is required to report to prison July 5, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Kemp obtained blank prescription paper from employees of various Connecticut medical practices. He kept some of the prescription paper for himself and also sold some for thousands of dollars to other individuals. He and his co-conspirators recruited “runners,” who typically were individuals who received Medicaid and Medicare benefits, to fill fraudulent prescriptions at various pharmacies, Avery said.

Kemp and his co-conspirators filled out each prescription with the runner’s identifying information and forged a doctor’s signature on the prescription. The runner then filled the fraudulent prescription at a pharmacy, generally using their Medicaid or Medicare benefits, and provided the pills to Kemp and his co-conspirators in exchange for approximately $50 per prescription. Kemp and his co-conspirators then sold the pills to individuals suffering from opioid addictions, Avery said.

Kemp and his co-conspirators were responsible for filling at least 150 fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone, almost all of which were for 150 30-mg oxycodone pills, Avery said.

Kemp was arrested Aug. 2, 2019. On July 5, 2022, he pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, oxycodone.