Black Market Oxycodone Distribution Ring In Nassau: US Atty

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — A three-count indictment was unsealed on Thursday charging a Florida man with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone across Nassau County, prosecutors said.

Devin Anthony Magarian, 21, is charged with orchestrating a years-long conspiracy to commandeer physicians' e-prescribing privileges to divert oxycodone and other controlled substances into the illicit market, Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District, announced.

“Devin Magarian was the primary facilitator of a complex narcotics conspiracy, coordinating drug-running operations in dozens of states across the county and maximizing profits for the illicit venture," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. "Tens of thousands of prescriptions for narcotics and other controlled substances were filled in Nassau County and beyond at this defendant’s direction using pirated e-prescribing credentials of unwitting doctors, putting our communities at risk."

As alleged in the indictment, from approximately December 2022 until March 2024, Magarian was the key driver of a wide-ranging conspiracy in which he and his associates surreptitiously commandeered the e-prescribing credentials of doctors throughout the country.

They then used those compromised accounts to issue and fill thousands of prescriptions for narcotics and other controlled substances, including oxycodone and promethazine with codeine syrup, commonly known as codeine, throughout Nassau County and nationwide, the U.S. Attorney alleged.

Magarian transmitted thousands of prescriptions, which when filled, resulted in thousands of pills of pharmaceutical-grade narcotics being illicitly diverted and re-sold at a premium. His profits from the resale of those illegally procured narcotics, allegedly ranged from $75,000 to $250,000 per month, in the form of payments which were primarily made via cryptocurrency, at Magarian’s request, U.S. Attorney Peace said.

"The indictment against Devin Anthony Magarian for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone through a diverted e-prescription scheme and distribute on the illicit market for the purpose of putting profits above public health is not only reckless and dangerous, but unconscionable," stated DEA New York Special Agent-in-Charge Frank Tarentino.