PHARMACIST Felix Yue-Sing Chan, who was sentenced on 10 Nov last year to two-years prison, is to be released on recognisance after one year and two months, reported news.com.au.
Yue-Sing pleaded guilty to three charges of obtaining $300k for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits by means of false statements.
According to agreed facts tendered to court, Chan made 105 false PBS claims relating to 1,070 pharmaceutical items at Ginninderra Pharmacy, Priceline Queanbeyan and Priceline Bungendore.
One medication he falsely claimed was hepatitis C antiviral Maviret, costing nearly $19,000.
Chan lodged $56,435 worth of Maviret for two patients who never received it.
"The applicant knew on each occasion that he was making a false claim and used the real information of doctors and patients," the facts read.
While many of the fake transactions went undetected, an issue with the unique prescriber details of certain general practitioners raised the eyebrows of health authorities.
Once arrested, Chan admitted the wrongdoing to police, saying he "took matters into his own hands" due to extreme financial stress and said there was "absolutely no excuse" for his wrongdoing.
He voluntarily provided the police with documents.
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