Operator Of San Fernando Valley Medical Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

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Operator Of San Fernando Valley Medical Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years
In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 2, 2013
SANTA ANA, California – A woman who operated four medical clinics in
Reseda and Northridge was sentenced today to 14 years in federal
prison for distributing the powerful and widely abused prescription
narcotic oxycodone.

Anush Davtyan, 53, of Encino, was sentenced by United States District
Judge David O. Carter after she pleaded guilty last September to one
count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and possess with intent to
distribute oxycodone.

In a plea agreement filed with the court, Davtyan admitted that she
and her common-law husband operated four clinics where people could
purchase oxycodone prescriptions for cash following a medical exam.

Oxycodone is sold under brand names such as Oxycontin, Percocet and
Percodan.

Cappers brought customers to one of the clinics to obtain
prescriptions for oxycodone. Those prescriptions were filled, and the
drugs were brought back to Davtyan’s clinic and were diverted to a
dealer for later sale on the street.

Davtyan admitted that she had bribed pharmacists to fill the large
number of oxycodone prescriptions generated by her clinics. In one
exchange recorded by investigators, Davtyan and her husband brought a
pharmacist flowers and cognac to a pharmacist and then explained to
the pharmacist how the prescriptions would be filled and how the
pharmacist would get paid for filling prescriptions that came from her
clinics.

During the execution of search warrants on September 1, 2011, federal
agents found 1,116 pills in Davtyan’s Encino home and another 7,589
pills in her Mercedes parked in her garage.

Davtyan’s co-defendant and common-law husband, Armen Ayrappetyan,
remains a fugitive and is believed to be residing in Russia.

The oxycodone distribution case against Davtyan was investigated by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement
Administration; IRS - Criminal Investigation; the United States
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General;
the California Department of Justice; the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department; the Los Angeles County Health Authority Law Enforcement
Task Force (HALT); the California Medical Board; the Simi Valley
Police Department; and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.

Release No. 13-062



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