HARRISBURG — Attorney General Sunday announced that a Venango County doctor has been charged with illegally prescribing and picking up Oxycodone for patients to give to his paramour.
Justin Adibi, 35, of Oil City, was arrested Thursday and charged with possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, identity theft, and theft by unlawful taking.
His bail was set at $50,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 21, 2026.
“Patients trust their doctors with deeply personal information and to do right by them, and this doctor blatantly broke that trust,” Attorney General Sunday said. “In this case, the defendant took advantage of having access to patient information to illegally supply his paramour with doses of a potent and addictive substance.”
Adibi was employed as a surgeon at two UPMC hospitals in Venango County at the time of the crimes. The investigation revealed that in late September 2024, Adibi used patient files to prescribe Oxycodone to two surgical patients and electronically transmitted the prescriptions to each patient’s preferred pharmacy.
Adibi picked up the Oxycodone medication at the pharmacies for his then-significant other.
UPMC was cooperative in assisting the investigation.
This case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Roger Bauer. Criminal charges, and any discussion thereof, are merely allegations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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