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Long Island Doctor Charged For Illegally Selling Oxycodone, Other Drugs Long Island Doctor Charged For Illegally Selling Oxycodone, Other Drugs
Long Island Doctor Charged For Illegally Selling Oxycodone, Other Drugs A Long Island doctor was arrested by federal agents on charges he illegally prescribed oxycodone to two patients without a legitimate medical purpose including a drug dealer who resold the drugs and a patient who died of an overdose. 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 allege…

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Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids
Long Island Doctor Charged With Illegally Prescribing Opioids A 74-year-old doctor has been arraigned on a 54-count indictment charging him with allegedly selling opioids and amphetamine prescriptions on Long Island. A lengthy investigation into several opioid overdoses last year led to the arrest of George Blatti, a doctor in Rockville Centre who allegedly prescribed opioids to patients without examining them. The investigation into Blatti determined that some of his patients had an inordinate number of prescriptions for opioids that were written by Blatti,  a general practitioner originally licensed to practice medicine in 1976, who had no spec…

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by Zak Failla