Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, Distribution of Schedule II Stimulant, Virginia 2024

Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, a 49-year-old medical doctor from Fairfax, Virginia, has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing Adderall and oxycodone to six patients, including one who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose.

According to court documents, Bajwa temporarily lost his medical license in 2012 following an investigation by the Virginia Department of Health Professions into his prescription practices. After his license was reinstated, he significantly reduced the quantity of pain medications he prescribed, and switched over to stimulants, benzodiazepines, and sedatives.

However, Bajwa’s prescribing practices began to raise red flags once again in 2018, when two undercover law enforcement officers posed as patients and made appointments to see him. At each visit, Bajwa prescribed the undercover officers a 30-day supply of Adderall, despite the fact that they had shown up to two weeks prior to the end of the previous 30-day period.

One of the undercover officers told Bajwa that she was a fitness model and needed Adderall for her workouts, which is not a legitimate use for the substance. The undercover officer also asked Bajwa to prescribe her extra pills that she could give to a “friend,” and he readily agreed.

One of the patients to whom Bajwa prescribed significant quantities of prescription drugs had a history of high blood pressure, among other health conditions. Nevertheless, Bajwa wrote her monthly prescriptions for the maximum dose of Adderall, a Schedule II stimulant.

Additionally, Bajwa wrote prescriptions for both oxycodone, a powerful Schedule II opioid, and Xanax, a benzodiazepine, to multiple patients, despite the increased risk of fatal overdose when combining these medications. One of his patients, N.J., suffered from heroin addiction and died of a drug overdose in January 2018, just a short time after being dismissed from a rehabilitation program.

Bajwa pleaded guilty to five counts of distribution of Adderall, and one count of distribution of oxycodone, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when sentenced on May 22. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine E. Rumbaugh.

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