Atlanta Man Who Impersonated DEA Agent Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Prescription Fraud Scheme
Jason Elledge, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions.
According to the United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, Elledge victimized several doctors with his prescription fraud scheme. He used the doctors’ identities to call in fraudulent prescriptions and then, by pretending to be a DEA agent, extracted information from the doctors that he then used to avoid detection by law enforcement.
Elledge’s scheme involved calling in prescriptions to local pharmacies using various aliases as patient names. He would include non-narcotics in the prescriptions to avoid raising suspicion with the pharmacists that the prescriptions were fraudulent.
Elledge then called the offices of the doctors he had targeted and identified himself as DEA agent ‘Alan Velez’ or ‘Jason McDonald.’ He explained to the doctors’ staff that unknown individuals were using the doctors’ identities to call in fraudulent prescriptions to area pharmacies.
As part of this scheme, on August 1, 2013, Elledge attempted to pick up a fraudulent prescription for 120 tablets of Norco 10/325mg in the name of ‘Kenneth Mayes’ from a Target pharmacy in East Point, Ga. On November 5, 2013, Elledge attempted to pick up a fraudulent prescription for 120 tablets of Lortab 10/500mg in the name of ‘John Coventa’ from a Walgreens pharmacy in Conyers, Ga.
Defendant: Jason Elledge
Criminal Charges: Impersonating a federal officer, making false statements to law enforcement, and attempting to obtain fraudulent prescriptions
City and State: Atlanta, Georgia
Exact Date: January 2013 through November 2013
Sentence or Outcome: Jason Elledge pleaded guilty, but no sentence was mentioned in the source
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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