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| Rooshun mafia at the center of prescription drug scam |
| 2014-05-24 |
| Nondescript minivans pulled up like clockwork outside Newark's homeless shelters, and the drivers offered a deal few desperate people would turn down: a free health checkup and a guaranteed prescription for painkillers, which can fetch as much as $100 per pill on the street. They were bused 10 miles away, authorities said, to a rundown strip mall in Passaic where the deal went down. A doctor offered a quick, often bogus exam before writing scripts for OxyContin or oxycodone. As a special thank you, he threw in a $10 gift card. His patients could take the drugs or sell them on the black market. The doctor didn't care; he got paid by Medicaid either way. And so did his business partners in the Russian mafia. |
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