PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
has been sentenced in federal court to five years of imprisonment and three
years of supervised release on his convictions for conspiring to possess and
distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone, health care fraud, and perjury, United
States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the
sentence on Jeremiah Davidson, 62.
According to information presented to the court, Davidson
participated in a criminal network of drug dealers that obtained opiate pain
killers and then illegally distributed them to users in the Pittsburgh area.
Davidson obtained opiate pills from various sources and provided them to a
dealer for further distribution. One of Davidson’s sources of supply was his
own prescriptions, which he obtained fraudulently and paid for through a
taxpayer-funded health care benefit program.
While on bond for these offenses, law enforcement arrested
him for continuing to sell fraudulently obtained prescription medication to
dealers. In an ultimately successful attempt to avoid revocation of his federal
bond, Davidson lied under oath about several important matters and thus committed
perjury.
Assistant United States Attorney Brendan T. Conway
prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Brady commended the Federal Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation led by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Pennsylvania
Office of the Attorney General, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, and the
Allegheny County Police Department for the investigation leading to the
successful prosecution of Davidson.
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