Woman Sentenced to Prison For Writing Fake Prescriptions While Employed at East Meadow Doctor's Office

A Massapequa woman was recently sentenced to three to six years in prison for stealing over $100,000 from a Freeport company and possessing fake prescriptions for various controlled substances, according to the Nassau County District Attorney.

Yessenia Alongi, 37, pleaded guilty on Oct. 14 before Judge Erica Prager to second degree grand larceny and five counts of second degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, the DA said.

Between March and June while Alongi was employed at a doctor’s office in East Meadow, she wrote more than 30 prescriptions for various controlled substances, including hydrocodone, Xanax and Valium, according to the DA.

The prescriptions were filled at a local pharmacy where she told the pharmacist that she was a nurse and was picking them up for elderly patients who couldn’t do it themselves.

After Alongi left the job at the doctor’s office, she began working as a bookkeeper for a window company in Freeport. At this job she stole a checkbook from the business and wrote $109,332 in checks that she cashed at a local check cashing place, according to the DA.

Nassau County Police Detectives discovered the check cashing scheme after investigating the fake prescription scam with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

“Every corner of Nassau County has felt the impact of the opioid epidemic and the misuse of prescription pills,” District Attorney Madeline Singas said. “I’m grateful to the Nassau County Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and our prosecutors for stopping this woman’s unscrupulous activities.”