Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Passing False Prescriptions

CONCORD, NH — A Bay State man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on prescription fraud and false identification document charges. Theodoros Bahtsevanos, 32, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, passed false prescriptions for Adderall at pharmacies in Derry and Nashua on two occasions in May 2018. At the time, he was living in Manchester.

The prescriptions contained false signatures but correct Drug Enforcement Administration registration numbers for the physicians. They were issued to aliases Bahtsevanos was using at the time. When he was arrested, he was found with nine fake driver’s licenses from numerous states.

"Each fake license bore his photograph and used a different alias," according to a press statement. "Bahtsevanos also had a ledger book through which he tracked various DEA registration numbers, physician's names, and fake recipients that he used to fill prescriptions for Adderall throughout New Hampshire. Investigators found that he filled more than 90 fake prescriptions as part of the scheme."

Bahtsevanos will be sentenced in September.

U.S. Attorney Scott Murray said in a statement that protecting the integrity of the nation’s health care system was a top priority and actions like the ones Bahtsevanos undertook contributed to the illegal drug trade.