tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 44

ENFORCEMENT WATCH: Prescription Scheme Busted; 1 Suspect Still At Large

Pharmacist works with feds to catch co-conspirators.Phony prescriptions that fraud scheme participants used to defraud Medicaid could net them lifetime imprisonment terms.Felix G. Maldonado, owner of Maldonado Pharmacy in Brownsville, TX, conspired with at least two other individuals in an alleged Medicaid fraud scam, but now he's cooperating with prosecutors, state attorney general Greg Abbott announced Oct. 19. Maldonado won't face an indictment in return for his cooperation and his $465,000 repayment to the Medicaid program.Authorities arrested Maldonado's co-conspirators, Juana Garcia and Hermelinda Altamirano, on Oct. 18, following their indictments on charges that include first-degree...

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