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Three Found Guilty for Roles in $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Bogus Prescriptions for Expensive Anti-Psychotic Drugs

LOS ANGELES - Three people linked to a Glendale medical clinic - including a doctor who took money to let his name be used thousands times on bogus prescriptions - were found guilty today of federal fraud charges related to a $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal by, among other things, fraudulently prescribing expensive anti-psychotic medications and then re-billing the government for those drugs over and over.

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Action Details

  • Date:February 18, 2014
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions