From 2017 to 2019, prosecutors said Biesiada fraudulently wrote 85 prescriptions to an acquaintance for hydrocodone, oxycodone and other controlled substances.
DuPage County doubling budget for opioid task force
With drug overdoses on the rise, DuPage County is doubling its budget for a special opioid task force. Biesiada wrote the prescriptions on behalf of six Hinsdale Orthopaedics health care providers, who did not direct or approve the prescriptions. Biesiada then tried to conceal the fraudulent prescriptions by marking them as having been "filed in error" in the Hindsale Orthopaedics prescription system. "The opioid epidemic has devastated the lives of countless individuals through addiction and overdose," Assistant U.S. Attorney G. David Rojas argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum.
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