Federal Jury Convicts Detroit-Area Doctor of Illicit Opioid Prescriptions and Tax Crimes

Overview

• Peter Nwoke, 50, was found guilty in Detroit federal court of selling opioid prescriptions for cash and committing tax offenses.
• Prosecutors said he charged $500 per prescription for OxyContin 80 mg or oxycodone 30 mg that buyers filled and resold on the street.
• Trial evidence showed he prescribed more than 2.8 million dosage units and deposited over $1.4 million in cash tied to those sales.
• He hid income by using about 20 bank accounts and by creating City Medical and Divine Medical Center in other people’s names.
• Three counts of false statement and perjury from a 2022 mistrial remain pending for a separate trial.