David Goldfield Admits Running Medford Pill Mill Scheme

CAMDEN, N.J. — A Medford Lakes pharmacist has admitted to fueling South Jersey’s opioid crisis by funneling thousands of oxycodone pills through two Medford-area pharmacies with zero regard for the law or human life. David Goldfield, 58, pleaded guilty today in federal court to running a criminal pill mill operation out of Olde Medford Pharmacy and Medford Family Pharmacy alongside co-owner Michael Ludwikowski, 44, of Medford.

Goldfield admitted to U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle that from January 2010 through August 2013, he knowingly filled fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone and other Schedule II controlled substances — fully aware they were destined for the streets. He copped to one count of conspiracy and six substantive counts of illegal distribution, each carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine, or twice the gross gain from the offense. Sentencing is set for March 31, 2017.

The scheme reeked of red flags. Goldfield acknowledged that prescriptions were often chemically altered—‘washed’ or ‘bleached’—to erase prior non-narcotic scrips and replace them with oxycodone orders. Customers traveled from as far as Camden, presented multiple IDs with different names—male and female—and demanded 30-day supplies several times a week. Many showed clear signs of addiction or intent to resell.

Despite these glaring warning signs, Goldfield said Ludwikowski ordered him to fill the suspect scripts anyway. Worse, the pair kept bottles of oxycodone in an unlocked pull-out drawer beneath the counter—easily accessible to staff and criminals alike—instead of a secure, DEA-compliant safe. This wasn’t pharmacy work. This was wholesale drug trafficking disguised as medical care.

When heat grew too intense, Goldfield and Ludwikowski tried to cover their tracks. They began turning away sketchy customers, falsely claiming the DEA had restricted their oxycodone supply. It was a flimsy lie, designed to buy time while the bodies piled up from overdoses tied to their illicit distribution.

The investigation was led by the FBI’s Newark Field Office, the DEA New Jersey Division, and local police departments in Medford, Moorestown, Florence, and Lumberton. Ludwikowski remains charged but not convicted; he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Goldfield, however, has already sealed his fate — not as a healer, but as a dealer who exploited his license to feed an epidemic.