A New York City pharmacy owner has been arrested and charged with participating in an $8.5 million Medicare fraud scheme, as part of the largest national Medicare fraud takedown in history.
Sajid Javed, owner of nine pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens, was charged with inducing others to forego their prescription medications for a kickback, and then fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid more than $8 million for the drugs that were never actually dispensed.
The scheme, which took place from January 2013 through December 2014, involved Javed obtaining prescriptions from individuals willing to forego delivery of the medications in exchange for a share of the reimbursed proceeds, in the form of kickbacks.
Javed offered to pay, and did actually pay, kickbacks in furtherance of this scheme, resulting in over $8.5 million in reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
The arrest is part of an unprecedented nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, resulting in criminal and civil charges against 301 individuals, including 61 doctors, nurses, or other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in healthcare fraud schemes involving approximately $900 million in false billings.
The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Javed is expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court later today.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Healthcare Fraud
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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