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Hudson Valley Doc, Wife Sentenced For Running $77M Black-Market Pill Mill Hudson Valley Doc, Wife Sentenced For Running $77M Black-Market Pill Mill
Hudson Valley Doc, Wife Sentenced For Running $77M Black-Market Pill Mill An elderly doctor and his wife, who called Westchester home are heading to prison after being busted running a black market pill mill that “pumped out” more than $77 million in painkillers onto the black market over the course of several years. Scarsdale residents Rogelio Lucas, 80, and his wife, Lydia Lucas, 82, who operated a medical practice on the Upper West Side, were found guilty of distributing approximately 3.2 million pills of Oxycodone, which flooded the streets of Manhattan. Rogelio Lucas received a term of between 1 year and four months to four years in prison on one count of co…

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Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring
Hudson Valley Man Nabbed In ICE Bust Of Alleged Drug Distribution Ring A Westchester County man was among more than two dozen busted by ICE on drug and gambling charges following a wiretap investigation. Thirty-two people were arrested Friday on drug and gambling charges following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New York and the NYPD. The investigation began with cocaine and heroin trafficking and ultimately led police to a "sophisticated illegal gambling operation that catered to a clientele of New York City professionals." Officials said that the investigation “uncovered a larg…

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