Dr. Andres Mencia, Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substance, Florida 2023

A 64-year-old Fort Lauderdale doctor has been convicted of participating in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in South Florida.

Dr. Andres Mencia, 64, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale of participating in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

The evidence presented at trial showed that Dr. Mencia, who ran Adult & Geriatric Institute of Florida lnc, d/b/a AGI Medical & Dental (AGI) in Oakland Park, Florida, conspired with office personnel Oscar Luis Ventura-Rodriguez, Nadira Sampath-Grant, and John Mensah to perform sham consultations with cash-paying patients.

The true and intended purpose of the consultations was to improperly issue the patients’ prescriptions for opioids and narcotics, such as Oxycodone, OxyContin, and Percocet, in exchange for cash payments.

According to the evidence, Dr. Mencia provided his co-conspirators with pre-signed prescriptions to issue the ‘CS’ patients prescriptions for controlled substances in his name.

The investigation was conducted by the DEA, HHS-OIG, and ICE-HSI, with assistance from the Aventura Police Department, City of Miami Police Department, Miami-Dade Police Department, and Miami Gardens Police Department.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Gilfarb of the Southern District of Florida and Trial Attorney Adam G. Yoffie of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.

Dr. Mencia is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas on September 7 at 1:30 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale.

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