PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
has been sentenced in federal court to four years of probation on her
conviction of conspiring to commit health care fraud and conspiring to
distribute oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Mark R. Hornak imposed the
sentence on Mildred Rainey, 61.
According to information presented to the court, Rainey
participated in a criminal network of drug dealers by obtaining opiate
painkillers prescribed to an elderly person and arranging for the sale of that
medication to individuals who illicitly distributed the medication to
individuals addicted to the medication. In addition, a taxpayer funded
insurance program paid for the medication that Rainey arranged to distribute
illegally.
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 Rainey.
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