ST. PAUL, MN (WTAQ) – Federal prosecutors said a woman used at least 31 aliases to obtain prescription painkillers from Mayo Clinic facilities in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
50-year-old Nancy Dusso of Eyota Minnesota has been charged with obtaining controlled substances by fraud, and Social Security fraud.
Investigators said Dusso used false names and stole Social Security numbers to obtain up to 6,000 opiate prescriptions from more than 150 Mayo Clinic doctors, mostly during 2013. The drugs included oxycodone, hydrocodone, and codeine.
Officials said Dusso used Social Security numbers from both living and dead people — and at the different sites, she listed her address as being Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Kentucky.
Officials said Dusso was caught after a nurse practitioner at a Mayo satellite location got suspicious and called the clinic’s security. Federal, state, and local investigators helped gather evidence.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
