What Happened
Lisa Ferraro, 67, of Hillsdale, New Jersey, an internal medicine physician in Paterson, was sentenced in January 2026 to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release. She previously pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to conspiring to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. From January 2019 to September 2023, she prescribed oxycodone to individuals who posed as patients and whom she never physically examined or questioned about symptoms. She wrote prescriptions for tens of thousands of 30mg oxycodone pills. She was arrested in October 2023.
“Ferraro wrote prescriptions for tens of thousands of 30mg oxycodone pills.”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.