CC Pharmacy
Outcome
Owner Clint Carr convicted in March 2022 and sentenced June 2023 to 20 years in federal prison plus $700,000+ forfeiture for dispensing 1.5 million doses of controlled substances in 18 months through a cash pharmacy using forged prescriptions.
Details
CC Pharmacy — Mass Opioid Distribution Criminal Prosecution (2018–2023)
Outcome: Pharmacy co-owner Clint Carr was convicted in March 2022 and sentenced in June 2023 to 20 years in federal prison, ordered to forfeit over $700,000, for operating a pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed over 1.5 million doses of controlled substances in 18 months and laundered criminal proceeds.
Clint Carr, 32 (later 33), of Cypress, Texas, co-owned and operated CC Pharmacy in Houston, along with CC Pharmacy 2 and CC Pharmacy 3 in the Austin area, with co-conspirator Dustin Curry. In just 18 months, Carr, Curry, and their co-conspirators unlawfully distributed over 1.5 million dosage units of controlled substances, including over 1.1 million pills of oxycodone and hydrocodone.
CC Pharmacy operated as a cash pharmacy, dispensing controlled substances in bulk based on mostly forged or stolen prescriptions brought by drug couriers who posed as staff of long-term care facilities. The drug couriers provided false credentials and false patient information to obtain the prescriptions, which were then filled for cash proceeds exceeding $5.5 million. Carr and his co-conspirators structured the cash proceeds to avoid financial reporting requirements under federal law.
A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted Carr on March 8, 2022, of one count of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances, four counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances, one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity. Carr was sentenced on June 24, 2023, to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $700,000.
Primary Source: DOJ OPA — Pharmacy Owner Convicted of Unlawfully Dispensing 1.5 Million Doses
How Crucible Prevents This
CC Pharmacy operated on forged and stolen prescriptions brought by drug couriers posing as long-term care facility staff. Crucible's prescriber verification controls and LTC facility cross-reference protocols would have identified the pattern of multiple prescriptions from the same purported prescriber or facility and flagged them for verification before dispensing occurred.
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