Hovic Pharmacy
Outcome
DEA issued Order to Show Cause October 20, 2021, and revoked DEA Certificate of Registration No. FH5569112 effective November 17, 2025, after finding that Hovic Pharmacy knowingly filled prescriptions for a street recruiter and their recruits, knowing the controlled substances were destined for street resale.
Details
Hovic Pharmacy — DEA Revocation for Knowingly Dispensing to Street Recruiter Network (2021–2025)
Outcome: DEA issued an Order to Show Cause on October 20, 2021, and revoked Hovic Pharmacy's DEA Certificate of Registration No. FH5569112, effective November 17, 2025, after finding that the pharmacy's pharmacists knowingly filled controlled substance prescriptions for a street recruiter and the recruiter's recruits with full knowledge that the drugs were destined for street resale.
Hovic Pharmacy was a Houston, Texas pharmacy that held DEA Certificate of Registration No. FH5569112. On October 20, 2021, the DEA issued an Order to Show Cause proposing revocation, alleging that the pharmacy's pharmacists filled many controlled substance prescriptions outside the usual course of pharmacy practice and in contravention of their corresponding responsibility over the course of many years.
The Government's case identified two categories of violations. First — and most egregious — the pharmacy filled controlled substance prescriptions for a "Recruiter" and the Recruiter's recruits, knowing that the controlled substances were destined for resale on the street. This is not merely a red-flag documentation failure but knowing participation in illegal drug distribution. Second, separately, the pharmacy filled controlled substance prescriptions beneath the applicable standard of care and outside the usual course of professional practice in Texas.
Following a four-year administrative proceeding, the DEA revoked the registration. The DEA denied any pending applications to renew or modify the registration, as well as any other pending applications for additional DEA registration in Texas. The Decision and Order was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2025.
Primary Source: Hovic Pharmacy; Decision and Order (Fed. Reg. Oct. 17, 2025)
How Crucible Prevents This
Hovic Pharmacy was knowingly filling prescriptions for a recruiter who was routing drugs to the street — the pharmacists knew the controlled substances would be resold illegally. This goes beyond red-flag failure to active participation in diversion. Crucible's patient-cohort analytics, identifying clusters of patients sent by the same referral source or sharing pickup patterns, would have flagged the recruiter-linked patient cohort as a coordinated diversion network.
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