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NJ doctor reportedly ran 'pill mill,' exchanging opioids for sex: court documents
NEW JERSEY, JUL 19 – Ritesh Kalra allegedly wrote over 31,000 opioid prescriptions without legitimate medical purpose and exchanged prescriptions for sexual favors, also defrauding Medicaid with false billing.
- On Jul 19, 2025, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced three counts of distributing opioids for sexual favors and two counts of health care fraud.
- According to court documents, Ritesh Kalra wrote over 31,000 oxycodone prescriptions between January 2019 and February 2025, prescribing opioids without legitimate medical purpose in his Fair Lawn, New Jersey practice.
- Several patients reported forced anal sex during clinical appointments and inappropriate touching and coercion to obtain prescriptions.
- On Thursday in Newark federal court, Kalra made his initial appearance before a US Magistrate Judge and was released to home incarceration on a $100,000 unsecured bond.
- Facing potential penalties, Kalra is barred from practicing medicine, must shut down his medical practice, and faces up to 20 years per drug distribution count and up to 10 years per health care fraud count.
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Indian-origin doctor in US allegedly offered drugs in exchange for sex
Indian-origin doctor Dr. Ritesh Kalra is accused of exploiting patients for sexual favours in exchange for prescriptions and committing Medicaid fraud. He faces severe legal consequences, including possible prison time and hefty fines, while currently under home arrest.
Seeking sexual favours to defrauding New Jersey Medicaid: Probe report on how an Indian-origin doctor in US acted with impunity
The 51-year-old is currently under home arrest and prohibited from practising medicine or prescribing medication. He must shut down his medical practice while the case is pending.
US: Indian-origin doctor charged with fraud, demanding sexual favours for opioid prescriptions; probe details
An Indian-origin doctor has been booked in the US for medical fraud and seeking sexual favours from patients in exchange of prescriptions. As per the US attorney’s office, cited by the Hindustan Times, Dr Ritesh Kalra prescribed heavy opioids such as oxycodone to his patients. As per the prosecutors he targeted vulnerable patients, who were struggling with certain addictions. Kalra, who was placed under home incarceration after a US court hearin…
NJ doctor charged with writing thousands of opioid prescriptions in exchange for sex
A New Jersey doctor has been charged with writing tens of thousands of opioid prescriptions in exchange for sexual favors, as well as defrauding Medicaid by billing for visits that never actually took place, according to federal prosecutors. Ritesh Kalra, 51, of Secaucus, is accused of operating a pill mill out of his medical office in Fair Lawn, where he allegedly prescribed high-dose opioids to patients struggling with addiction but without a …
Indian-Origin Doctor In US Charged With Medical Fraud, Sexual Assault On Female Patients
An Indian-origin doctor in New Jersey has been charged with multiple medical frauds such as distributing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose, soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions.
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