Prescription-drug ring broken Seven people were accused of forging prescription forms, then presenting them to pharmacies.
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, March, 2006 by Jennifer Lin
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The drug ring had a scheme that was audaciously simple, slick - and, until yesterday, successful.
That's when the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office accused a 40-year-old Fishtown man of printing fake prescriptions on his home computer.
Authorities said he handed them out to neighborhood "runners" who were dispatched to pharmacies in suburban communities such as Upper Dublin, Huntingdon Valley, Lafayette Hill and Pottstown.
With an inventory of Percocet, OxyContin and methadone, the ring sold pills for $5 to $10 apiece, taking in more than $1 million in less than three years.
But yesterday, "Operation Fishtown Scripts" was shut down.
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A grand jury charged John Loftus and six others in the seven-man ring with identity theft, conspiracy and participating in a corrupt organization.
Five of the defendants were taken into custody by agents for the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation.
But Loftus, 40, and Justin ...
