Biloxi man, pharmacist charged in multi-million dollar pharmacy fraud case
Schaar and May are among 412 defendants charged in 41 federal court districts around the nation, a news release said.
The conspiracy is said to have involved fraudulent billing for prescription drugs and compounded medications that were not a medical necessity and were never actually provided to the beneficiaries. The prescriptions allegedly were billed to Medicaid, Medicare and TRICARE, which provides health insurance to members of the armed forces, veterans and their dependents.
The two men are being prosecuted in
Schaar, as a marketer for May's pharmacy,
Compounded medicines are prescribed based on individual ingredients to meet a patients' needs and are mixed by a pharmacist.
Schaar and others are accused of falsifying patient records to conceal the crimes, a bill of information says. He also is accused of receiving kickbacks for part of
May's pharmacy allegedly received about
According to his charging document, May received a portion of the reimbursements and transferred some of the proceeds into a money market account in his name. Funds of more than
Documents allege both men participated in the conspiracies for about three years: May from
Agencies investigating the case include the
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