A prescription fraud investigation that led to the arrest last month of a man identified in court papers as a flight test engineer at Patuxent River Naval Air Station determined that the drug purchase was submitted for payment through a military medical benefit program, St. Mary’s narcotics detectives report.
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Andrew Tkaczuk, 27, of Tall Timbers was released on personal recognizance and faces trial next February on charges including attempting to obtain oxycodone on Nov. 14 at a Hollywood pharmacy with a woman’s identification information, and obtaining that information with fraudulent intent. Charging papers allege that the suspect submitted a fraudulent prescription, ostensibly for the woman, and tried to use her insurance information to pay for the drugs.
“We’re not going to have any comment on this case at this time,” Kush Arora, the suspect’s lawyer, said Monday.
The pharmacy’s employees notified the woman and police, and the law officers were at the business when the suspect returned there and picked up the oxycodone pills, according to charging papers stating he was taken into custody without incident.
Narcotics investigators reported Friday that they determined the woman, who lives in Virginia, was a victim of identity theft, and that the prescription claim by the suspect was submitted to be paid for by the federal government through the benefit program.
The woman told police that she had never seen the doctor listed on the prescription, that she was not in Maryland when the prescription was written and did not authorize anyone to use her personal information to obtain any prescription medication, according to court papers.
Federal officers took part in a raid at the suspect’s home, detectives report, where a computer and hard drives were seized.
The suspect told a court commissioner last month that he has held the job on base for five years, with a current annual salary of $82,000.
