A Brooklyn woman has been charged after prosecutors say she used the names of assisted living residents to fraudulently obtain oxycodone while working at a Hempstead care facility.
According to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, 34-year-old Tianah Allen, also known as Tianah Eusebe, was arraigned Friday on multiple felony drug and forgery charges connected to an alleged prescription fraud scheme at Island Assisted Living.
Prosecutors said Allen worked as a medication supervisor at the facility beginning in August 2024.
She is charged with two counts of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, three counts of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, and Forgery in the Second Degree.
Authorities allege Allen submitted fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone to a pharmacy while handling medications for residents at the assisted living facility.
Investigators said two unauthorized prescriptions were submitted on Feb. 25, 2025, each for ninety 10-milligram oxycodone pills.
One prescription allegedly used the name of a resident with a documented history of drug abuse who had not recently been prescribed narcotics. The second prescription was allegedly issued in the name of a resident who had already died before the medication arrived at the facility.
According to prosecutors, surveillance footage later captured Allen allegedly removing oxycodone pills from medication deliveries and taking them to her vehicle.
In one instance, investigators said she allegedly placed pills into a brown paper bag before leaving the office. In another, she was allegedly seen placing pills into an envelope and carrying it out in her purse.
Authorities also allege Allen later forged a prescription in her own name for another ninety 10-milligram oxycodone pills and submitted it to the facility’s pharmacy on March 1, 2025.
The investigation began after the facility’s administrator launched an internal review on March 3, 2025, following concerns that residents’ prescriptions were being mishandled by medication staff. Allen was fired after the internal investigation, prosecutors said, and the matter was reported to the Hempstead Police Department.
The case was later investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division’s Long Island SPEAR Team along with the New York State Department of Health’s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement and the Nassau County Police Department Narcotics Vice Squad.
Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said the alleged scheme represented “a complete breach of trust” involving vulnerable residents and their families.
DEA New York Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam called the allegations “deeply troubling,” saying healthcare workers are entrusted to protect patients, not exploit them.
Allen pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance. She is scheduled to return to court on May 26, 2026.
If convicted, she faces up to 1 to 5½ years in prison.
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