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TDFP News Roundup – 10/19/26
The Digital Free Press News Roundup delivers today's biggest headlines with concise summaries and source links. Holding everyone accountable. Informing, not manipulating.

Yossi Schmidt
56 minutes ago7 min read


TDFP Exclusive: DEA Says Yonkers Physician Assistant Wrote Opioid Prescriptions for a Patient Who Was in Jail
The patient was in a New York City jail. His chart said he was "evaluated at the clinic." A new DEA order says Yonkers physician assistant Vladimir Romaniv wrote at least eight prescriptions for controlled substances, including the opioid oxycodone, for a patient held by the city's Department of Correction, without ever examining him. The DEA has now revoked all three of his registrations. Here's what the order says.

Yossi Schmidt
2 hours ago3 min read


TDFP Exclusive: DEA Revokes Registration of Psychiatrist Muhamad Aly Rifai, Says He Falsified an Undercover Officer's Records
The DEA has revoked the federal registration that let Easton, Pa., psychiatrist Dr. Muhamad Aly Rifai prescribe controlled substances. A final order published Monday says he prescribed a stimulant to an undercover officer three times in 2021 without a proper exam, then kept charts describing exams and conversations that never happened. The Digital Free Press read the full order. Here is what it says.

Yossi Schmidt
6 hours ago5 min read
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