A federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict today against Roya Jafari-Hassad, a medical doctor with a practice in Great Neck, Long Island, on eight counts of a second superseding indictment charging her with prescribing oxycodone pills without a legitimate medical purpose.
The verdict followed a 10-day trial before United States District Judge Gary R. Brown. When sentenced, Dr. Jafari-Hassad faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.
As proven at trial, Dr. Hassad charged hundreds of dollars in cash in exchange for a monthly oxycodone prescription which had no legitimate medical purpose. In the spring of 2021, law enforcement opened an investigation into Dr. Hassad’s conduct.
Over nine months and 10 appointments that were tape-recorded, Dr. Hassad gave an undercover detective, who claimed he had pain, ten prescriptions for oxycodone totaling hundreds of oxycodone pills for which he paid thousands of dollars in cash.
Dr. Hassad typically charged about $350 for a 15-day supply of oxycodone and about $700 for a 30-day supply of oxycodone.
The defendant was acquitted of witness tampering charges. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Frank A Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division (DEA) and Naomi Gruchacz, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s Office of Investigations, New York Region (HHS-OIG), announced the verdict.
As proven, Dr. Hassad was a drug dealer who disgracefully dispensed highly addictive oxycodone pills without any regard for the well-being of the patient but with plenty of interest in their cash, stated United States Attorney Peace.
The defendant was Roya Jafari-Hassad, a 58-year-old doctor from Bayside, Queens.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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