CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County man and a Philadelphia man have been caught up in a massive oxycodone distribution conspiracy, with one of the men making eight sales of the highly addictive painkiller to an undercover officer and a confidential informant.
Daniel Watson, 40, of Bellmawr, New Jersey, and Prussia Hing, 36, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to their respective roles in the conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. The two men were previously charged in connection with one of the largest national healthcare fraud and opioid enforcement actions ever taken by the U.S. government.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, Watson and Hing conspired with each other and others to distribute unadulterated oxycodone and pressed pills containing oxycodone and other prescription medications.
Hing was identified as the source of supply, while Watson made eight sales to an undercover officer and a confidential informant, totaling 1,080 oxycodone pills. The final three sales occurred in the vicinity of a Philadelphia hospital, where a conspirator worked as an anesthesiology technologist.
The drug trafficking conspiracy to which Watson and Hing pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Sentencing for both defendants is scheduled for July 17, 2019.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diana Vondra Carrig and Christina O. Hud of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden. Watson’s defense counsel is Christopher O’Malley Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Camden, while Hing’s defense counsel is Gregory Pagano Esq., of Philadelphia.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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