THE US Department of Justice has charged eight people from Texas for their participation in a massive pharmacy fraud scheme involving US$158 million in false claims for compounded medications.
Three pharmacies are alleged to have been part of the conspiracy, with some of the participants also charged with money laundering.
The scheme involved the filing of forms to transmit payments from the US Department of Labor - Office of Workers' Compensation for creams used to treat scars, wounds and pain, with some having reimbursement rates of as much as US$28,000 per prescription.
The participants allegedly marketed the creams to doctors treating workers' compensation payments, bribing them to write unnecessary prescriptions for the costly creams in exchange for payments, free rent and other benefits, according to the formal indictment.
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