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12 charged with prescription fraud, oxycodone trafficking
Twelve individuals allegedly involved in prescription fraud and drug trafficking in Northern Virginia have been charged in federal court following an eight-month investigation by federal and local law enforcement intent on disrupting a prescription fraud and drug distribution network throughout Northern Virginia, including Fairfax and Prince William counties.
In four criminal complaints, the 12 individuals allegedly include street level dealers and their suppliers accused of obtaining oxycodone by prescription fraud and distributing fraudulently obtained oxycodone pills. This investigation, dubbed “The Usual Suspects,” is part of a long-term, ongoing investigation called Operation “Cotton Candy,” and is being conducted by the Northern Virginia Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Those charged allegedly represent various oxycodone distribution rings that all share one goal: to obtain oxycodone by presenting fraudulent prescriptions to pharmacies throughout Northern Virginia and West Virginia. According to court documents, the distribution rings utilize similar computer templates to copy and forge prescriptions for oxycodone, often producing the fake prescriptions at local FedEx/Kinko’s locations. Numerous physicians have allegedly had their provider information used in an attempt to illegally obtain oxycodone pills. Additionally, innocent individuals have allegedly had their names used on fake prescriptions and their driver’s licenses stolen and presented at pharmacies for identification to fill the forged prescriptions. Court documents assert that throughout the course of the conspiracy, hundreds of fraudulent prescriptions have been filled at pharmacies throughout the Northern Virginia region.
According to court documents, conspirators would obtain oxycodone pills at pharmacies and redistribute them in smaller quantities for a large profit margin. They would primarily conduct drug transactions in their homes throughout Prince William County.
Those federally charged taken into custody earlier this week include:
John Michael Wolfrey, 26, of Bristow, is alleged to have participated in the initiation of a prescription fraud and oxycodone distribution ring that involves members of the Wolfrey family, including his two brothers, Justin Ryan Wolfrey and Joseph Andrew Wolfrey, a girlfriend, Heather Renee Mullins, and his cousin, Roy Lee Johnson. Court documents allege that he filled numerous fraudulent prescriptions throughout the Northern Virginia area and sold oxycodone pills from his home. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Justin Ryan Wolfrey, 23, of Bristow, is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. It is alleged that after his brother John Michael Wolfrey was arrested, Justin Ryan Wolfrey took over passing false prescriptions and became a driving force behind the prescription fraud ring. He is alleged to have used a stolen driver’s licenses to fill false prescriptions in pharmacies in Manassas and Woodbridge and to have sold oxycodone pills in Manassas and Prince William County. Court documents also allege that, after being confronted by agents while attempting to fill a false prescription, he ran back to his vehicle and fled a Costco parking lot at a high rate of speed. Pursuing agents elected to break off pursuit because Wolfrey was driving too aggressively.
Joseph Andrew Wolfrey, 23, of Bristow, is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Along with his brother John Michael Wolfrey, he is alleged to have participated in the manufacture of false prescriptions. Joseph Andrew Wolfrey is also alleged to have filled false prescriptions for Roxicodone around Northern Virginia.
Roy Lee Johnson, 26, of Manassas, a Wolfrey family relative, is alleged to have participated with the Wolfreys in prescription fraud and illegal drug distribution. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Heather Renee Mullins, 26, of Manassas, is alleged to have aided the Wolfreys by filling false prescriptions for them. She is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Daniel Ralph Mauck, 34, of Manassas Park, is alleged to have obtained and distributed oxycodone illegally together with his wife, Patricia Mauck, and his brother Wallace Lee Mauck. He is alleged to have sold pills from his residence in Manassas Park and to have digitally produced fraudulent prescriptions on a laptop computer. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Wallace Lee Mauck, 29, of Manassas, is alleged to have obtained oxycodone using false prescriptions, and to have used other individuals to fill prescriptions for him. Court documents allege that he used false prescriptions forged by his brother Daniel Ralph Mauck. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
Patricia Mauck, 29, of Manassas Park, is married to Daniel Ralph Mauck. She is charged with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and is alleged to have been involved in the scheme with her husband to obtain and sell pills. According to court documents she sold oxycodone pills from her residence.
Donald Brian Austin, 24, of Manassas, is charged with illegally obtaining oxycodone. He is alleged to have obtained oxycodone by filling false prescriptions at a pharmacy in Dale City.
Jennifer Leigh Edwards, 32, of Manassas, is charged with illegally obtaining oxycodone. Court documents allege that Edwards passed forged prescriptions in pharmacies in Haymarket and in Vienna for the prescription medication Roxicodone.
Also charged but not immediately apprehended were:
Roland Donald Reynolds Jr., 24, of Sterling, is charged with attempted use of a forged prescription to obtain oxycodone.
Ashley Nicole Foster, 23, of Remington, is charged with attempted use of a forged prescription to obtain oxycodone.
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