PHARMACIST and luxury car lover Ben Huynh's pharmacy licence has been suspended as he faces allegations of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme fraud, The Australian reported last week.
It is the latest blow to Huynh, whose glamorous lifestyle was revealed in Nov after police seized a rumoured three Ferraris and one BMW from his mansion in Sydney's Dural.
Huynh's wife, Le Thach, who founded the exclusive Supercars Club Australia, has said in a social media video she believed that the house was worth between $10m and $20m and the couple own an estimated $8m worth of expensive cars.
The pharmacist was the proprietor of the Cabramatta East Day and Night Pharmacy for 26 years, and Thach documented their extravagant lifestyle across social media accounts which showed the couple travelling the world, buying supercars and attending exclusive events.
In Nov, Huynh, 56, appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court (PD 27 Nov), and court documents released to The Australian revealed the pharmacist had been charged with "obtaining a financial advantage by deception".
Police alleged he submitted false claims for medications under the PBS that were not prescribed by a medical practitioner and not supplied to a patient.
It is unclear how much Huynh is alleged to have defrauded, but if convicted he could face up to 10 years in jail.
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