Wonderment
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas.
My friend's daughter and his daughter's boyfriend are both Hydrocodone addicts (both in their mid- to late-20's). The Boyfriend gained access to a doctor's DEA number (I believe he was a nurse for the doctor) and was calling in Rx's to several local pharmacies in the name of fake patients. Both the daughter and the BF hit rock bottom (lots of story here, including the daughter now having some DUI arrests and waiting on court for those). Somehow, the BF found a slot in Rehab but the daughter has been waiting to get in. Daughter, meanwhile, started going to NA and goes nearly every night and seems to be on the road to recovery. Boyfriend got out of rehab and got right back on the prescription scheme. Daughter wants to stay clean, but doesn't want to give up BF and thinks she can help him. The BF, by the way, was under investigation for this not too long ago,
My friend has resolved to report the Boyfriend in the interest of protecting his daughter; however, he has precious little to go on besides knowing it's going on (and this is knowledge, not suspicion). He knows the Boyfriend's name. Doesn't know the doc's name, doesn't know for sure which pharmacies (knows one for sure, others are in the same chain, but a nearby large town), doesn't know patients' names, doesn't know what dates the Rx's have been filled or picked up. Presumably he is picking up under his own name, but he might even have a fake ID for that?
Is this enough for authorities to work from? How interested are the authorities going to be in pursuing this? Would the pharmacy be more interested in knowing they are being used?
Any insight or suggestion about how to proceed would be helpful.
TIA
My friend's daughter and his daughter's boyfriend are both Hydrocodone addicts (both in their mid- to late-20's). The Boyfriend gained access to a doctor's DEA number (I believe he was a nurse for the doctor) and was calling in Rx's to several local pharmacies in the name of fake patients. Both the daughter and the BF hit rock bottom (lots of story here, including the daughter now having some DUI arrests and waiting on court for those). Somehow, the BF found a slot in Rehab but the daughter has been waiting to get in. Daughter, meanwhile, started going to NA and goes nearly every night and seems to be on the road to recovery. Boyfriend got out of rehab and got right back on the prescription scheme. Daughter wants to stay clean, but doesn't want to give up BF and thinks she can help him. The BF, by the way, was under investigation for this not too long ago,
My friend has resolved to report the Boyfriend in the interest of protecting his daughter; however, he has precious little to go on besides knowing it's going on (and this is knowledge, not suspicion). He knows the Boyfriend's name. Doesn't know the doc's name, doesn't know for sure which pharmacies (knows one for sure, others are in the same chain, but a nearby large town), doesn't know patients' names, doesn't know what dates the Rx's have been filled or picked up. Presumably he is picking up under his own name, but he might even have a fake ID for that?
Is this enough for authorities to work from? How interested are the authorities going to be in pursuing this? Would the pharmacy be more interested in knowing they are being used?
Any insight or suggestion about how to proceed would be helpful.
TIA