A Long Island medical doctor who operated what federal prosecutors described as a cash-for-prescriptions “pill mill” out of her Great Neck office has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Dr. Roya Jafari-Hassad, 59, of Bayside, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Central Islip to 84 months behind bars for prescribing oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and committing health care fraud. In addition to prison time, U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown ordered her to pay a $150,000 fine and $152,765 in restitution.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Jafari-Hassad was convicted at trial in December 2024 on eight counts of unlawfully prescribing oxycodone. She later pleaded guilty in April 2025 to health care fraud.
Federal prosecutors said that from January 2019 through May 2022, Jafari-Hassad charged patients hundreds of dollars in cash for monthly oxycodone prescriptions that had no legitimate medical purpose. At times, prescriptions were allegedly refilled without the patient even being seen in the office. Authorities said she generated hundreds of thousands of dollars annually through the scheme.
Investigators also determined that she submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and private insurers for medical services that were never performed.
During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that over the course of nine months in 2021, Jafari-Hassad issued 10 oxycodone prescriptions to an undercover detective who claimed to be in pain. The prescriptions totaled hundreds of pills and were exchanged for thousands of dollars in cash. She typically charged about $350 for a 15-day supply and $700 for a 30-day supply, according to court testimony.
Oxycodone is a powerful and highly addictive controlled substance that can only be prescribed for legitimate medical purposes in the usual course of professional practice. Authorities said her conduct contributed to the ongoing opioid crisis.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, and the Suffolk County Police Department.
