David Allingham, Opioid Pill Mill, Virginia 2024
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Convicted opioid pill mill doctor David Allingham must forfeit property and pay restitution, a federal judge ruled.
Alexandria, VA - David Allingham, 65, a convicted opioid pill mill doctor, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his prescribing of opioids and amphetamines.
Between April 2019 and January 2024, Allingham wrote prescriptions for opioids and amphetamines for numerous patients without properly assessing the individual needs of those patients, which was outside the usual course of professional practice and regulations and without legitimate medical purpose.
Allingham authorized renewals of opioid medication without physically examining patients. Allingham instructed his employees to use "mom and pop" pharmacies to avoid scrutiny of his patients so he could continue to prescribe high-dose opioids for them. Allingham also prescribed amphetamines to multiple chronic pain patients to assist them in weight loss in contravention of regulations, regardless of whether the patients were obese.
Multiple of Allingham's patients died of drug overdoses within hours, days, or weeks of receiving an oxycodone prescription from Allingham.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that Allingham must forfeit a $168,000 money judgement and two real properties and pay restitution of $169,244 to compensate three victims for their losses.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-2.
The Fairfax County Police Department provided valuable assistance in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Heather D. Call and Annie Zanobini prosecuted the case.
The investigation was conducted by the DEA Washington Division, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Virginia State Police, under the supervision of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Defendant: David Allingham
Criminal Charges: Prescribing of opioids and amphetamines without proper assessment
City and State: Alexandria, VA
Date: 2024
Sentence: 13 years in prison
Dollar Amounts: $168,000 money judgement, $169,244 in restitution
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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