A 59-year-old cardiologist in Warren, New Jersey, has admitted to illegally prescribing and distributing thousands of Oxycodone pills.
Raymond Catania, DO, prescribed the pills to a patient and that patient’s wife over the course of approximately 14 months.
“From January 2016 through March 2017, Catania issued prescriptions for thousands of Oxycodone pills to one of his patients, and Catania did so without a legitimate medical purpose and outside of the usual course of professional practice,” according to a prepared statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Catania also issued prescriptions for thousands of Oxycodone pills to that patient’s wife even though the wife was not Catania’s patient."
Catania admitted to prescribing more than 8,600 Oxycodone pills in all as a part of this ongoing scheme. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $1 million. He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 14.
Read the full statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office here.
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