ALEXANDRIA, VA— A doctor, who plead guilty to selling Oxycodone prescriptions, knowing that these prescriptions were not for legitimate medical purpose, was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week, federal officials said.
District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema sentenced Derron McRae Simon, 45, of Arlington for his role in an oxycodone conspiracy.
Simon pleaded guilty on December 18, 2014.
In a statement of facts, this is what the plea agreement stated:
- Simon admitted that during the course of the conspiracy, he wrote and sold numerous prescriptions for oxycodone and other controlled substances, and knew that these prescriptions were not for a legitimate medical purpose and were beyond the bounds of medical practice.
- Simon was responsible for the distribution of at least 11,000 oxycodone 30 mg pills.
- Beginning in February 2013 and continuing until around August of 2014, Simon and others conspired to distribute oxycodone throughout northern Virginia.
- Simon wrote and sold prescriptions despite knowing that the individuals in whose names the prescriptions were written were abusing and selling the drugs.
- Simon never met many of the people for whom he wrote oxycodone prescriptions, as these individuals were not Simon’s medical patients.
- Over the course of the conspiracy, one of Simon’s co-conspirators paid Simon approximately $500 to $1,000 per fraudulent oxycodone prescription.
- Simon also directed a co-conspirator to create fraudulent patient history forms and medical records to make it appear that these individuals were actually legitimate patients.
(August 2014 News Video)
Simon’s Medical License
Simon’s medical license was previously suspended on November 24, 2008, for 90 days and he was placed on probation by the Virginia Board of Medicine at the conclusion of this temporary suspension.
Simon’s license to practice medicine was suspended again by the Virginia Board of Medicine on July 11, 2014.
On July 28, 2014, Simon signed a consent order with the Virginia Board of Medicine and voluntarily and permanently surrendered his license to practice medicine and perform surgery in Virginia.
The consent order states Simon will not be eligible for reinstatement of his license at any future date.
