A New York pharmacist has been sentenced to almost four years in prison in relation to a US$5 million health system fraud.
Andrew Barrett was convicted of billing the government for prescriptions he didn't dispense and using the money for business and personal expenses.
"Instead of using his pharmacist license to provide valid relief to those in need, Andrew Barrett used it as a license to steal from publicly funded heatlh care programs and then lied about it on his tax returns," said US Attorney Loretta Lynch at the indictment.
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