A federal jury in Tennessee convicted a nurse practitioner of illegally prescribing opioids, including oxycodone and fentanyl, from his medical practice in Jackson, Tennessee.
Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary controlled substance pills to hundreds of patients, including a pregnant woman and women with whom he was having inappropriate physical relationships.
Young maintained a party-like atmosphere at his clinic, and prescribed these drugs at least in part to boost his popularity on social media and promote a self-produced reality TV show pilot based on his self-identified persona, the “Rock Doc.”
Young was convicted of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and 13 counts of distributing controlled substances, six of which involved distribution to a pregnant woman.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on August 3 and faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison for each count involving distribution to a pregnant woman, and 20 years in prison for each of the other counts of conviction.
A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The DEA and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation investigated the case, with valuable assistance from the Jackson Police Department.
Assistant Chief Kate Payerle and Trial Attorney Drew Pennebaker of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case with significant assistance from Jillian Willis and Dermot Lynch.
The Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) Strike Force, led by the Fraud Section, has charged over 115 defendants, collectively responsible for issuing prescriptions for over 115 million controlled substance dosage units, since its inception in late 2018. Over the past four years, more than 70 ARPO defendants have been convicted.
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Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime|Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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