Freehold man charged in Prescription Fraud case
A Freehold man has been charged in connection with his attempt to get a fraudulent prescription filled in Middlesex, New Jersey. The defendant allegedly took the fraudulent prescription for oxycodone to Boro Hall Pharmacy in Middlesex on Bound Brook Road. The prescription was supposedly written by a Brooklyn doctor. The pharmacist called the Brooklyn doctor to confirm the prescription. Unfortunately for the defendant, the doctor did not authorize the prescription or recognize the defendant's name. As a result, the defendant has been arrested and charged with drug possession and fraud. He is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick on $35,000 bail.
Charges for prescription drug fraud in New Jersey are enumerated in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-13 which provides:
§ 2C:35-13. Obtaining by fraud
It shall be unlawful for any person to acquire or obtain possession of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled substance analog by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge. It shall be unlawful for any person to acquire or obtain possession of a forged or fraudulent certificate of destruction required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-21. A violation of this section shall be a crime of the third degree except that, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of N.J.S.A. 2C:43-3, a fine of up to $ 50,000.00 may be imposed. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude or limit a prosecution for theft as defined in chapter 20 of this title.
