Doctor Involving Friends to Scam Hydrocodone
Not totally unheard of although somewhat rare to induce friends to have hydrocodone prescriptions filled with most of the pills going back to the prescriber. We had a dentist doing this with his office assistant and it branched out to the assistant's boyfriend. Problem was the boyfriend was only 17, and when the pharmacist called his mother, the criminal operation was foiled, leading to the arrest of the dentist and loss of license.
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/doctor-called-drug-dealer-hiding-behind-medical-license-pleads-guilty/article_4dbe589b-1569-5df2-8604-5a9ccf659a9a.html