Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Role in $350,000 Union Hill Pharmacy Theft

A Brooklyn man has confessed to his involvement in a plot to rob the Union Hill Pharmacy last year, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

David Mordukhaev, 22, pleaded guilty to a June 17 plot to rob the Union Hill Pharmacy and distribute stolen oxycodone.

The release indicates Mordukhaev worked with a man named James Zarbailov, who pleaded guilty in May to the crime, to steal $350,000 worth of merchandise from the Marlboro Township store.

According to a release from the U.S. Attorney's office, "Seventeen garbage bags and two cardboard boxes with merchandise from the pharmacy, including approximately 1,988 dosage units of methylphenidate, 500 dosage units of hydromorphone, 300 dosage units of Opana (a trade name for oxymorphone) and 3,800 dosage units of oxycodone – all Schedule II controlled substances," were stolen that morning.

Mordukhaev is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and possess oxycodone with intent to distribute, according to authorities.