An emergency medicine physician from Annandale, Va., has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 7,000 oxycodone pills, 34,000 milliliters of hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution and 107,000 milliliters of promethazine-codeine solution.
Between 2023 and June 2024, Rotimi Iluyomade, MD, along with at least eight co-conspirators, agreed to distribute the controlled substances across multiple states, according to an Oct. 8 news release from the Justice Department. Dr. Iluyomade and his co-conspirators conspired to fraudulently acquire promethazine-codeine solution.
The conspiracy allegedly began when Dr. Iluyomade opened a pain management and weight loss clinic, Annandale-based Crossover Medical Center, in 2022. Shortly after the clinic's opening, an individual requested a prescription for promethazine-codeine solution, claiming it was needed for a chronic cough, and Dr. Iluyomade prescribed the medication. The individual later returned multiple times and revealed to Dr. Iluyomade that they were selling the prescribed solution for profit.
In 2023, several people using fake identification visited the clinic to obtain fraudulent prescriptions for promethazine-codeine solution, oxycodone pills and hydrocodone-chlorpheniramine solution.
Dr. Iluyomade allegedly received $300 for each fraudulent prescription he issued, often without examining the purported patients. Additionally, he would frequently co-prescribe other medications to make the prescriptions appear legitimate.