Prescription Drugs
Florida Prescription Fraud Charges
Prescription drug use is climbing at a significant rate in Florida and more and more individuals are being charged with prescription fraud every day. In the past, occurrences of this type of drug offense were few and far between, but due to the widespread availability of prescription drugs, it is the drug of choice for many people throughout Tampa and Sarasota. Prescription fraud is the crime of using theft, forgery, or other deceptive methods in order to obtain a prescription. Prescription fraud can be committed in a number of ways, including:
Prescription pads can be stolen from doctor’s offices and prescriptions written for fictitious patients under forged physician signatures.
Alterations can be made to a legitimate prescription in order to obtain additional amounts of the prescription drug.
Call back numbers on prescription pads can be altered so that an accomplice can verify the prescription.
Individuals can pretend to be a physician and call in their own prescriptions giving their own personal phone number to confirm the prescription’s validity.
Computers can be used to create prescriptions for nonexistent doctors or to duplicate legitimate doctor’s prescriptions.
Posing to be another person in order to obtain prescriptions in their name.
Stealing a valid prescription from another person.
Obtaining the same prescription from multiple doctors in order to acquire a large quantity of prescription drugs.
Musca Law: Attorney Defense against Prescription Fraud
Many different types of people can end up facing prescription fraud charges, including doctors, patients, dealers and other medical professionals. If you work as a medical professional, and you have a lot at stake if you’ve been charged with prescription fraud. Your career could be at risk and if convicted you may never be able to get a position working in the medical field again. A prescription fraud conviction can negatively affect your life for years to come, and you will want to give yourself every possible chance of combating this drug offense by hiring a drug crime defense lawyer from Musca Law.
If you have been charged with prescription fraud in Tampa or Sarasota, contact a drug crime defense attorney at Musca Law today for a consultation!
