Windsor pharmacist gets 7 years in prison in U.S. health care fraud case
A Windsor pharmacist has been sentenced in a U.S. court to seven years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.
Tarek Fakhuri was one of four pharmacists who collectively billed Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for prescription medications that they did not dispense at five pharmacies they owned and operated, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Losses amounted to more than $13 million US to Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the DOJ said.
Fakhuri was sentenced for his role at Harper Drugs and Wayne Campus Pharmacy in Michigan and Heartland Pharmacy in Ohio.
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