Red Bud pharmacy owner pleads guilty to federal health care fraud charges
Gibson said that he picked expensive medications, with the knowledge that those would be paid for by insurers, including Medicare and Medicaid. Some of those medications included Creon, which treats chronic pancreatitis, and hydroxychloroquine, which treats malaria.
These medications, among others, were not authorized by any physicians, nurse practitioners or physicians assistants, and were not given to any of the family members or customers whose names were on the prescription.
In February, Gibson told the
Gibson faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to
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