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Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA
Florida Man Hacked Doctor's Info, Issued Illegal Prescriptions Across Long Island, More: DA A Florida man has been arraigned for a scheme across Long Island and multiple states that officials deemed “the most complex and technologically sophisticated drug operations.” Twenty-one-year-old Devin Anthony Magarian, from Kissimmee, Florida, was arraigned on charges that include criminal diversion of prescription medication and prescription, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. According to the DA’s Office, Magarian is said to be a leader of a multi-state conspiracy that hacked doctors’ credentials to gain access to an e-prescribing system. Once in the system, Magarian woul…

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by Sophie Grieser
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'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme 'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme
'Put Lives At Risk': Long Island Dentist, Town Worker Charged In Opioid Prescription Scheme A Long Island dentist is among two people facing charges for allegedly selling opioid prescriptions to people without a medical need. Farmingdale resident Jason DiBlasi, age 49, who owns a dental office in Massapequa, was arraigned on 113 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist in Nassau County Court Friday, Nov. 18. Prosecutors said police began looking into DiBlasi’s prescribing habits while investigating a fatal overdose. Between May and September 2021, members of the Nassau County DA’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administ…

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by Michael Mashburn