Mass. Doctor Sentenced for Doling Out Adderall Prescriptions
An Uxbridge doctor who conspired with two other women to write phony Adderall prescriptions for cash has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Leslie Caraceni, 58, was indicted in 2019 and 2020 along with Rene Ruliera, 52, of Southborough and Meghan Giacomuzzi, 37, of Whitinsville. Ruliera and Giacomuzzi pleaded guilty last year and have yet to be sentenced.
Between March 2016 and February 2018, Caraceni, Ruliera and Giacomuzzi conspired to distribute the amphetamine for reasons other than for a legitimate medical purpose and not in the usual course of medical practice, according to a news release from the Office of U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling.
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Caraceni and co-conspirators distributed over 1,500 prescriptions for Adderall - amounting to 110,000 pills, according to the accoring to federal prosecutors. (Shutterstock)
UXBRIDGE, MA An Uxbridge doctor was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a prescription Adderall scheme.
Leslie Caraceni, 58, was sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for her part in a scheme to prescribe Adderall to people without a legitimate medical purpose, according to federal prosecutors. Caraceni pleaded guilty in August.
Caraceni used to have an office in Framingham her co-conspirator, Rene Ruliera, 52, of Southborough, pleaded guilty in August 2019. Another co-conspirator, Meghan Giacomuzzi, 37, of Whitinsville, pleaded guilty in February 2019.
An Uxbridge doctor who conspired to illegally distribute more than 1,500 prescriptions for an amphetamine was sentenced this week to seven years federal imprisonment.