Cops: Hicksville Man Posed as Doctor, Wrote Fake Prescriptions

A Hicksville man posed as a doctor and forged prescriptions for Oxycodone and Meloxicam, authorities said.

Nassau Police say that between June 19 and July 13 Adeel Riaz, 28, contacted multiple Rite Aid pharmacies throughout Nassau County, pretending to be a doctor in order to get the prescriptions filled.

Through an investigation, police located Riaz on Wednesday, driving a 2002 Toyota in front of his home. Riaz was arrested without incident, police said.

Riaz had faced similar charges earlier this year, as Patch reported in June.

According to police, Riaz was driving with a suspended license on Wednesday and in violation of a court order to operate vehicles with an interlock device, used to prevent incidents of driving while under the influence and driving while intoxicated.

Riaz is charged three counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument, 11 counts of first-degree falsifying business records, 11 counts of first-degree criminal impersonation, three counts of second-degree identity theft, one count of circumventing interlock system, and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation.

Riaz will be arraigned on Thursday at First District Court, Hempstead.

On June 5, Patch reported that Riaz was arrested for posing as a medical doctor and calling multiple pharmacies to request fraudulent prescriptions between December 2013 and January 2014.

Riaz was released on bail on June 6, according to Newsday.