Tianah Allen a.k.a. Tianah Eusebe allegedly used residents’ names to submit fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone while working as a medication supervisor at a Hempstead assisted living facility
DEA New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Brooklyn woman was charged with attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance and forgery for allegedly sending falsified oxycodone prescriptions to a pharmacy to obtain the pills while she was working at an assisted living facility in 2025.
Tianah Allen a.k.a Tianah Eusebe, 34, was arraigned before Judge William Bodkin on charges of two counts of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree (a C felony); three counts of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree (a D felony); and Forgery in the Second Degree (a D felony).
Tianah Allen a.k.a Tianah Eusebe pleaded not guilty and was released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court on May 26, 2026. If convicted, she faces up to 1 to 5 ½ years in prison.
“This arrest of Tianah Allen aka Tianah Eusebe, who was employed as a medication supervisor at a health care facility, who has been charged with falsifying oxycodone prescriptions in patients’ names, including a former patient who was deceased, is deeply troubling” stated DEA New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam. “Healthcare professionals and caregivers are entrusted with protecting those in their care, not exploiting them for personal gain. The DEA and our law enforcement partners remain committed to identifying and holding accountable anyone responsible for fueling the ongoing opioid crisis.”
“The defendant used her position managing medications at an assisted living facility to allegedly steal powerful narcotics using residents’ names,” said DA Donnelly. “When people place their parents or grandparents into long-term care, they should only have to worry about their loved ones’ comfort and well-being. The defendant’s alleged actions are a complete breach of that trust. My office seeks to hold anyone accountable who violates the professional conduct our community deserves.”
A Donnelly said that, according to the investigation, the defendant had been working as a medication supervisor at Island Assisted Living in Hempstead since August 12, 2024.
On or about March 3, 2025, the facility’s administrator initiated an internal investigation into claims that some residents’ prescriptions were being mishandled by medication staff.
Following the internal investigation, the defendant was fired and the administrator contacted the Hempstead Police Department.
Shortly thereafter, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Enforcement Division’s Long Island SPEAR Team launched an investigation, which included the NCDA, the New York State Department of Health’s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (BNE), and the Nassau County Police Department’s Narcotics Vice Squad.
The joint investigation revealed that, on February 25, 2025, while working at Island Assisted Living, the defendant allegedly submitted two prescriptions to a pharmacy without authorization. The prescriptions were each for ninety 10mg oxycodone pills.
One of the prescriptions was written for a resident who had a drug abuse history and therefore no recent narcotics prescriptions. The other prescription was written for a resident who passed away before the medication was delivered to the facility.
Surveillance video obtained as part of the investigation captured the defendant sorting through a recent delivery of residents’ medications at the facility. The defendant was seen on surveillance video allegedly placing oxycodone pills into a brown paper bag, carrying it out of the office, and taking it to her vehicle.
At a later date, surveillance video again captured the defendant sorting through a recent delivery of residents’ medications at the facility. The defendant was seen on surveillance video allegedly placing oxycodone pills into an envelope, putting the envelope into her purse, and carrying her purse out of the office to her car.
Subsequently, on March 1, 2025, surveillance video captured the defendant allegedly forging a prescription for herself for ninety 10mg oxycodone pills and submitting the prescription to the facility’s pharmacy.
The defendant was arrested by NCDA detective investigators on May 14, 2026.
NCDA thanks the DEA New York Enforcement Division's Long Island SPEAR Team, BNE, the Hempstead Police Department, and NCPD Narcotics Vice Squad for their partnership in this investigation.
The case is being prosecuted by Pharmaceutical Diversion and Cybercrimes Unit Chief Heather Kalachman of the Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau under the supervision of Bureau Chief Patrick Brand, and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for the Investigations Division Rick Whelan. The defendant is represented at arraignment by Christopher Cox of the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County.
The charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.
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