What Happened
Rotimi Iluyomade, a 68-year-old doctor who opened a pain management and weight loss clinic, Crossover Medical Center in Annandale, Virginia, pleaded guilty in October 2024 in federal court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, obtain drugs by fraud and maintain a place for distributing controlled substances, and to money laundering. Court documents state he and at least eight other co-conspirators agreed to distribute more than 7,000 oxycodone pills and large volumes of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine and promethazine-codeine solution. He was paid $300 for each fraudulent prescription and issued them without examining the listed patients.
“Iluyomade was paid $300 for each fraudulent prescription he wrote.”
Related Guidance
- 15 Red Flags of Drug Diversion — Behavioral and transactional indicators of diversion.
- Investigation Playbook — How to investigate suspected diversion inside an organization.