Doctor arrested for illegal distribution of controlled substances
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Dr. Michael Randall with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone and carisoprodol. Randall surrendered Wednesday.
As part of a continuing federal and state prescription drug abuse initiative within the Eastern District of New York, Randall was arrested upon his surrender to members of a DEA Tactical Diversion Squad on charges of illegally distributing prescription pain pills between January 2009 and September 2013. According to the complaint, Randall, who owns a family medical practice, wrote hundreds of prescriptions for oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone and carisoprodol to patients on a continuing basis outside the usual course of professional practice and not for any legitimate medical purpose.
“By prescribing thousands of highly addictive pain pills without a legitimate medical purpose, Dr. Randall ignored the law and his own patients’ well-being,” stated United States Attorney for the Eastern District, Loretta Lynch.