Podiatrist Charged with Drug Procurement and Insurance Fraud (Connecticut)
A podiatrist from Burlington faces multiple counts of illegal drug procurement and possession and insurance fraud for allegedly illegally filling prescriptions at a Simsbury pharmacy and then trying to pay for them using insurance, police said Wednesday. Dr. Robert Januska, 65, who police said is not licensed to prescribe drugs in Connecticut, turned himself in March 3 after police issued a warrant for his arrest, according to Sgt. Fred Sifodaskalakis, head of the detective division of the Simsbury police.
Januska is accused of making repeated visits to the CVS Pharmacy in Simsbury to have the prescriptions filled, the sergeant said. A pharmacist who suspected the transactions were fraudulent alerted drug control agents at the state Dept. of Consumer Protection in late January, Sifodaskalakis said. Those agents then notified Simsbury police, he said. Charges against Januska include 25 counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain controlled drugs by fraud or forgery, 17 counts of illegally possessing prescription narcotics, eight counts of illegally possessing a level four controlled drug, and 23 counts of insurance fraud.
Source: Loretta Waldman, The Hartford Courant [3/5/08]
Januska is accused of making repeated visits to the CVS Pharmacy in Simsbury to have the prescriptions filled, the sergeant said. A pharmacist who suspected the transactions were fraudulent alerted drug control agents at the state Dept. of Consumer Protection in late January, Sifodaskalakis said. Those agents then notified Simsbury police, he said. Charges against Januska include 25 counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain controlled drugs by fraud or forgery, 17 counts of illegally possessing prescription narcotics, eight counts of illegally possessing a level four controlled drug, and 23 counts of insurance fraud.
Source: Loretta Waldman, The Hartford Courant [3/5/08]
