Four Hudson County Pharmacies Pay $4.3 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Billing for Drugs Not Dispensed
NEWARK, N.J. – Four pharmacies located in West New York, Bayonne, Union City, and Jersey City have agreed to pay $4,325,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal health care programs for medications never dispensed, Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello announced today. According to the contentions of the United States in the settlement agreements, inventory records showed that the below pharmacies did not purchase enough medications from wholesalers to fill the prescriptions billed to the federal health care programs.
Action Details
- Date:January 20, 2026
- Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions