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US man posed as doctor in scheme to profit from Ozempic, prosecutors say

Rodney Greer accused of securing unauthorized prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs and selling them to customers An Illinois man who allegedly impersonated doctors – and evidently referred to himself online as “$hotboy1” – is facing criminal charges that he secured unauthorized prescriptions for Ozempic and Mounjaro, pharmaceutical drugs that facilitate weight loss and are taken by some people for cosmetic rather than legitimate medical reasons. Rodney Greer purportedly launched the alleged scheme in…

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US man posed as doctor in scheme to profit from Ozempic, prosecutors say
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