They took over doctors’ accounts and issued counterfeit prescriptions
They issued prescriptions in the pro familia mode
The group’s activities covered the period from September 21, 2024 to June 5, 2025. The criminals first obtained doctors’ data from previous data leaks and then set up fictitious bank accounts based on them. Using electronic banking services, they generated certificates enabling logging in to the biuro.gov.pl portal, a system used for issuing electronic prescriptions.
Prescriptions were issued only in the pro familia mode (mode intended for closest family members) to persons with a PESEL number, who, as it was found, were not aware of it.
Criminals sold illegally obtained prescriptions via instant messengers
The forged prescriptions were then sold on instant messengers and filled in pharmacies across the country. In this way, several hundred packages of narcotic drugs entered into circulation and were also distributed to other European Union countries.
The list of drugs includes preparations such as Xanax, Oxycontin, Oxydolor and Nasen. Therefore, products containing active substances indicated in the Regulation of the Minister of Health of August 17, 2018. on the list of psychotropic substances, narcotic drugs and new psychoactive substances (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1665).
The suspects face up to 15 years in prison
The suspects were temporarily arrested during preparatory proceedings, and currently all defendants are subject to preventive measures, including police supervision, property bail and a ban on leaving the country. The defendants pleaded guilty to committing the acts they were accused of, and 5 of them submitted applications for voluntary submission to punishment.
As determined by the Police, people associated with the activities of the criminal group also participated in separate groups related to committing fraud on the so-called “family member”, conducting BEC – Business Email Compromise attacks to the detriment of Polish business entities and acquiring and selling bank accounts and accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges. The collected materials were included in a separate procedure.
Those charged with the crimes committed may be sentenced to 3 to 15 years in prison.
