AbdulNasar Nour, 25, of Antioch, Tennessee, is the final defendant to plead guilty in a sprawling oxycodone distribution and identity theft conspiracy that targeted medical professionals and exploited their credentials to flood Nashville pharmacies with fraudulent prescriptions.
Nour pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on May 23, 2019, to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, capping a federal investigation that began with a June 2018 indictment linking him and four others to a scheme that stole DEA registration numbers and personal data from four Nashville-area medical providers.
Beginning in January 2017, the ring used stolen credentials to forge prescriptions for oxycodone. William Afari, 24, of Antioch, Tennessee, an intern at a local dental clinic, lifted personal information from 22 patients, which the group then weaponized to obtain controlled substances across the region.
The prescriptions were presented at multiple pharmacies in the Nashville area, where unsuspecting pharmacists dispensed oxycodone pills under false pretenses. Each transaction relied on forged documents and the impersonation of legitimate medical authority, deepening the public health threat posed by the opioid epidemic.
The four other co-conspirators—Simbarashe Kanjanda, aka Simba, 38, of Hermitage, Tennessee; Kudakawashe Mandishona, aka Kuda, 24, of Antioch, Tennessee; Robert Pride, Jr., 32, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Afari—have already pleaded guilty and await sentencing. All five face a mandatory minimum of two years in federal prison and up to 20 years.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Tennessee Office of Inspector General, and Smyrna Police Department led the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ahmed A. Safeeullah is prosecuting the case, which underscores the dangerous intersection of healthcare fraud and opioid trafficking in Middle Tennessee.
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Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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