ICYMI: Ex-Doctor Pleads Guilty For Illegally Prescribing Oxy

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared earlier this week in the Lindenhurst Patch:

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A former doctor from Amityville pleaded guilty on Monday via teleconference for illegally distributing oxycodone prescriptions, according to the United States attorney.

As part of his plea deal, 52-year-old Tameshwar Ammar, a former medical doctor in Roslyn, agreed to forfeit $245,700 of proceeds involved in the oxycodone offense and previously relinquished his license to practice medicine, the U.S. attorney said.

Between between 2013 and 2019, Ammar illegally prescribed thousands of highly addictive oxycodone pills to two people identified as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2. According to a review of his medical files for the two men, Ammar wrote the prescriptions without any diagnostic proof that either had a legitimate medical necessity.

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