Westchester Doctor, Wife Sentenced For Running $77M Black-Market Pill Mill [View all]
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 conspiracy and another 1 and a half years on each of 29 counts of criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance, all to run concurrently. His wife was sentenced to a term of between one and three years in prison for conspiracy and one year for each of the 29 counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, also to run concurrently.
The Lucas’ must also serve one year of post-release supervision. A civil asset forfeiture proceeding has been scheduled. Lucas was also required to surrender his medical license in April 2016 while the criminal charges against him were pending.
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