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Tameshwar Ammar, 51, of Amityville, pleaded not guilty in federal court in Central Islip on Thursday, Nov. 7, to the charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and two counts of distribution of oxycodone, said the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Ammar, who has a medical practice in Roslyn, is accused of committing the alleged crimes between 2013 and 2019 when he illegally prescribed more than 19,000 highly addictive oxycodone pills to the two individuals, said court documents.
According to a review of Ammar’s medical files for the two individuals, the doctor allegedly wrote the prescriptions without any diagnostic proof that either had a legitimate medical necessity.
Ammar prescribed approximately 8,400 oxycodone pills to the dealer (John Doe 1), knowing that he intended to sell the pills to others, the indictment says.
He also prescribed 11,525 30 milligram oxycodone pills to the second identified man, named as John Doe 2, after learning that the man had been admitted to a psychiatric facility in March 2018.
Ammar continued to prescribe John Doe 2 with oxycodone and also prescribed methadone.
In July 2019, John Doe 2 died of a drug overdose caused by oxycodone, methadone, and ketamine.
A search warrant executed at Ammar’s office in October 2017 resulted in the recovery of ketamine, the indictment said.
A review of Ammar's patient files by DEA investigators also found at least 60 other patients who had been prescribed combinations of oxycodone and other drugs.
The indictment also states that Ammar has federal tax liens of at least $593,000 and that he set up a shell company to hide his earnings in an effort to avoid paying child support and the tax liens.
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. Ammar is being held without bond.
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