WHITE PLAINS – A 65-year-old Yonkers doctor pled guilty in federal court to distributing oxycodone, amphetamines and Xanax, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Marc Laruelle pled guilty to distributing the narcotics without a legitimate medical purpose while acting outside the usual course of professional practice.
From 2016 through 2021, Laruelle, a licensed psychiatrist, prescribed more than 100,000 doses of Oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose.
He also charged patients as much as $800 per prescription and prescribed large amounts of Oxycodone with the understanding that the quantity would be resold in the black market.
Laruelle is scheduled to be sentenced in January 2023.
