Doctor Admits To Unlawful Cancer Medicine Profiteering In Bergen: Feds

ELMWOOD PARK, NJ — A doctor admitted to using his medical license (and letting others use it) to illegally buy and sell millions of prescription drugs that were delivered to his Bergen office, officials said.

Federal court records show two unnamed people "recruited and used" Jon Paul Dadaian, 53, to buy expensive drugs, which they then sold for their own profit. Dadaian, of New York, is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management specialist, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. He had offices across New Jersey including in Elmwood Park, according to Sellinger.

Sellinger announced that Dadaian pleaded guilty to a charge he unlawfully sold the drugs. Sellinger said Dadaian bought the medicine and allowed the two others to use his license while claiming it was for his patients.

The two unnamed individuals that Dadaian "befriended" were wholesale prescription drug distributors, Sellinger said. These people bought the drugs with Dadaian's license, and then sold them for a profit through their businesses, according to Sellinger. They were also able to get discounted pricing by using his name, Sellinger said.

The alleged crimes took place between June 2012 and April 2018, "during which tens of millions in prescription drugs were purchased in Dadaian’s name and using his medical license." The drugs shipped to his Elmwood Park office, Sellinger said, until they were transported to the drug distributors in Sewaren.

They paid Dadaian approximately $130,500 and reimbursed him for the costs using a shared bank account, according to Sellinger.

The drugs were mostly "cold-chain biologic infusion medications that typically are used to treat cancers, macular degeneration, and autoimmune diseases," Sellinger said.

Dadaian agreed to pay back the full amount of any loss from his crime, Sellinger said.