NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A doctor on Long Island was convicted after pleading guilty for prescribing oxycodone pills without a legitimate medical purpose, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassad, a medical doctor with a practice in Great Neck, was convicted on eight counts of a second superseding indictment charging her for illegally prescribing oxycodone pills, according to United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace.
“As proven, Dr. Hassad was a drug dealer who disgracefully dispensed highly addictive oxycodone pills without any regard for the well-being of the patient but with plenty of interest in their cash,” Peace said. “Corrupt doctors like this defendant, who value greed over their oath to do no harm, fuel the opioid epidemic and my Office is committed to holding them accountable for the incalculable harm they have caused.”
Oxycodone is a highly addictive drug and is frequently abused because of its potency when crushed into a powder and ingested, leading to a heroin-like euphoria.
In 2021, law enforcement opened an investigation into Hassad and found that she charged hundreds of dollars in cash in exchange for a monthly oxycodone prescription which had no legitimate medical purpose, according to prosecutors.
The nine-month investigation included 10 recorded meetings where Hassad prescribed an undercover detective, who claimed to be in pain, hundreds of oxycodone pills in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash. Hassad typically charged around $350 for a 15-day supply and $700 for a 30-day supply of oxycodone, according to prosecutors.
Hassad faces up to 20 years in prison on each count. The defendant was acquitted of witness tampering charges.