PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County man is facing charges for allegedly stealing his own UPMC doctor's identity to get drugs.
Prosecutors said Dale Weber somehow obtained a secure prescription code, going from pharmacy to pharmacy across the area picking up prescriptions for Xanax he called in himself.
Weber is a convicted felon with a lengthy history of writing fake scripts.
Agents allege that Weber obtained his former UPMC doctor's DEA number, a secret number assigned to health care providers to write scripts for controlled substances.
Since April, investigators said Weber has written dozens of faked prescriptions using bogus names, picking up hundreds of pills from pharmacies all over Pittsburgh.
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When agents spoke to pharmacists, they were told that most of the time Weber would call in the prescriptions using various names – men and women. Video surveillance showed Weber, and only Weber, picking up all of those prescriptions.
According to court documents, Weber has been in and out of jail since he was 19. He has been charged with offenses, including robbery and assault – but mostly drugs and forgery.
Pharmacies across the area have been told to be on the lookout for Weber. He is wanted by the Attorney General's office on charges of forgery, drugs and identity theft.
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