The individuals would fill the fraudulent oxycodone, hyrdromorphone and alprazolam prescriptions and sell them illegally on the street. Those individuals filling the fraudulent prescriptions would be paid a small amount of the pills in exchange for pretending to be patients.

The prescriptions were written on DEA numbers of unsuspecting physicians not involved in the scheme. Most of the 29 arrested will be charged with conspiracy to traffic the in oxycodone and hydromorphone in addition to obtaining prescriptions by fraud and several other charges. The information will be forwarded to the Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution.

Jaime O’Connor, 27, of Spring Hill, Jeremiah Persyns, 28, of St. Cloud (a registered felon), Ashley Young, 26, of St. Cloud, and Walter Smith, 40, of St. Cloud were listed as “Leaders” of the ring. Agents are still looking for two other listed leaders: Amy Dembinksi, 32, and Mathew Berry, 33, along with Carolyn Driscoll, 31 and Shane David Lee, 28.

Daniel Ulivarri, 29, of St. Cloud, and Leron Jackson, 37, of St. Cloud and another registered felon, are listed as “Organizers”.

Anyone with information on those still at large in the on-going investigation is asked to call the Osceola County Sheriff's Office at 407-348-2222 or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477). Calls made to Crimeline remain anonymous, and tips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects are eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000.

The Osceola County Investigative Bureau is a multi-agency task force working in conjunction with the State Attorney's Office and comprised of Osceola County Sheriff’s deputies, St. Cloud Police Department officers, Kissimmee Police Department officers and Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents who investigate vice, narcotics and organized crime.