MINEOLA, Long Island (PIX11) — Prosecutors on Long Island said that a man in Florida created a nationwide pharmacy scam that hacked into doctors’ phones to get thousands of fake prescriptions filled.
According to prosecutors, the man, Devin Magarian, 21, would then resell the ill-gotten prescription drugs for hundreds of dollars per pill. It netted Magarian tens of millions of dollars, according to the criminal complaint against him.
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Magarian pled not guilty before a judge on Friday on Long Island, where investigators said they were able to stop the criminal network that spanned at least eight states.
Anne Donnelly, the Nassau County district attorney, said investigators in her office, the Nassau County Police Department, and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, were able to stop Magarian’s illicit, wide-ranging scheme.
“It could be millions of pills that went out,” she said at a news conference at her office Friday morning.