India, July 20 -- An Indian-origin doctor in New Jersey has been accused of running a 'pill mill', prescribing opioids for sexual favours and defrauding New Jersey's healthcare programme by billing for visits that never happened.

Ritesh Kalra, 51, allegedly prescribed high-dose opioids, which if often used for addiction, on a regular basis and also issued fake bills for visits that never occurred, US Attorney Alina Habba said.

Kalra issued more than 31,000 prescriptions for oxycodone, a high-dose opioid, between January 2019 and February 2025, issuing as many as 50 prescriptions a day.

The prescriptions included promethazine with codeine and oxycodone, a powerful opioid with a high risk of addiction and abuse, the Attorney's office sai...