Obtaining Prescription by Fraud  is a felony in Oklahoma. A March 2016 Oklahoman article discusses a nurse in Mustang, Oklahoma charged with obtaining prescription by fraud.  She worked at a nursing facility that would often telephone medication orders in to a pharmacy.  During the telephone ordering, the nurse would add an order of hydrocodone to the list of medication orders for different patients.  Upon delivery, she would separate the hydrocodone for her personal use.  In total, she received charges of getting over 3,700 prescription pills by fraud.  Her pending sentence is up to 80 years in prison and also fines reaching $70,000.00.  This example of obtaining prescription by fraud occurs more often than you think.  If you are in a situation facing these types of charges, read on to understand them more fully and how we can assist you.

How to Prove Obtaining Prescription by Fraud:

Oklahoma has a statute known as the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.  It prohibits getting controlled substances, like prescriptions, by using a false name, misrepresentation, deceit, or fraud.   Further, it forbids “…forgery of, alteration of, adding any information to or changing any information on a prescription…”.  See 63 Okl.St.Ann. §2-407(A) for full text of the law.   This law also requires you to let any new pharmacy know about your dealings within the last 30 days from any other pharmacy.

Oklahoma Punishments for Fraudulent Prescriptions:

63 Okl.St.Ann. §2-407(D-E) establishes the penalties you could face if suspected of these charges.  A first offense is a felony charge and comes with a possible sentence up to 10 years in prison.  It may also include a fine up to $10,000.  If you receive these charges for a second time the punishments dramatically increase.  As a result, this has a 4 to 20 year jail sentence and the fine amount doubles to $20,000.  Even more, these penalties cannot be suspended, put on probation, or deferred.  Charges like this can remain on your record for years to come.

Let our Criminal Attorneys in Wagoner Help You:

We understand the toll a felony charge can take on your life.  Further coupled with addiction, felony charges are an impossible situation to navigate alone.  Let us help you through the legal aspect of the process and help you have grounds to fight for yourself.  Our first consultation is free. For more information about criminal defense in Wagoner County read our Wagoner attorneys blog or call 918.283.7394