PARDONED American fraudster and former pharmacist, John Duncan Fordham, is looking to reclaim more than US$500,000 in restitution payments.
The Augusta-based pharmacist was jailed for four years for defrauding the state of Georgia and a health insurer, and ordered to pay US$1 million in restitution.
However, since receiving a Presidential pardon, during Donald Trump's final days in office, Fordham argues that the restitution payments he has made should be refunded to him as a result of the former president's act of clemency.
Fordham launched legal action to recoup the US$259,000 he has paid to the Georgia Department of Administrative Services and US$272,000, given to the Great American Insurance Company, plus interest, last week.
Fordham was convicted of participating in a scheme that saw him provide kickbacks to a State politician who helped him land a contract with a local mental health centre.
Michigan State University Law Professor, Brian Kalt, said that while the pardon wiped out the restitution payments Fordham had already made, "it seems doubtful that he'll be able to get the money back".
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