BEAUFORT, N.C. – A number of people along the Crystal Coast have been taken into custody as a result of a prescription fraud ring investigation.
The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement Friday.
Investigators say the fraud ring operated in Carteret, Craven, Onslow, New Hanover and Brunswick Counties.
The investigation into the ring began after a report that Casey Williams, who was
employed as a radiology technician at Crystal Coast Family Practice of Morehead City, had allegedly stolen prescription pads from previous doctor’s offices where she was employed. It’s alleged that she was both writing and selling illegal
prescriptions.
Investigation into the report showed that Williams and her boyfriend James
Maynor forged numerous prescriptions from the stolen pads and also sold forged
completed scripts to buyers who were willing to pay.
Deputies say the pads in question came from doctor’s offices at Port City Neurosurgery & Spine in Wilmington, Coastal Carolina Orthopedic Surgery in Jacksonville, and Medac Health Services in Wilmington. Williams was formerly employed by all three.
It’s alleged the couple began selling the fraudulent prescriptions to buyers in New
Hanover and Brunswick County before the pair eventually moved to Havelock. While there, they allegedly continued to sell prescriptions and prescription medication to buyers in Carteret County.
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Investigators were then able to backtrack the scripts that came from the stolen pads and obtain a list of buyers.
A tip in December led to the couple being questioned by both detectives with the sheriff’s department and the SBI. The couple allegedly distributed approximately
4,580 (10 MG) Percocet pills. Most were sold on the street for $10 per pill.
“Our drug detectives and SBI Agent Cecil Cherry deserve a lot of credit for all the time and effort they put into this case” said Sheriff Asa Buck.
