A former Barrie medical secretary charged with forging prescriptions to obtain the drug Fentanyl has been sentenced to 9 years in prison.
Julie Baks, 31, pleaded guilty to 46 counts of trafficking and forging prescriptions. Baks worked at a doctor’s office at the Kempenfelt Health Centre.
Court heard that two other men would give her the names of people and Baks would create the prescription, forge the doctor’s name then hand the prescriptions to the men. Those men would then give the prescriptions to the people whos names were used, to have them filled at a pharmacy.
The Crown Attorney said Baks obtained between $200,000 and $400,000 worth of Fentanyl through the scheme.
Baks has agreed to testify against the two other men involved.
