What Happened
Anissa Maroof, 48, of Potomac, Maryland, a physician board certified in addiction psychiatry who owned a Bethesda practice, was sentenced in August 2025 to 15 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release for distributing and dispensing controlled substances. She admitted that between about January 2019 and June 2022 she caused the dispensing of alprazolam, amphetamine-dextroamphetamine and buprenorphine outside the scope of professional practice. The source said she called in prescriptions without seeing patients, directed them to leave cash under her office door, and continued prescribing to patients who said they were selling their excess supply.
“sentenced Anissa Maroof, 48, of Potomac, Maryland, to 15 months in federal prison”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.