CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Rosemary Mays, of South Holland, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a coworker at a South Side medical practice to write over 3,000 fraudulent prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, and other controlled substances.
In a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, officials said Mays, 47, and her colleague wrote the fake prescriptions between 2009 and 2016.
The pair then caused friends and family members to fill the fraudulent prescriptions at pharmacies.
Once those fraudulent prescriptions were filled, some of the controlled substances were sold throughout the Chicago area for a profit.
Authorities said Mays attempted to cover up the scheme by creating fake patient profiles for the individuals whose names she put on the fraudulent prescriptions.
In reality, the individuals were not patients of the doctor and hadn’t been prescribed any medications.
On Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced Mays one year and one day behind bars.
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