A US pharmacist, Amadiegwu
Onujiogu, has been convicted of
defrauding federal health plans of
around US$353,000.
Onujiogu ran his scam by getting
patients to give him prescriptions,
which he would then use to file
rebate paperwork with US Medicade/
Medicare indicating that he had
filled the prescription, which in fact
he had not (passing on 10% of the
money to the patients).
As a result his patients did not
receive the medications they
needed for conditions including
HIV/Aids and bipolar.
Onujiogu faces sentencing later
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