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News Tipoffs - Arizona Editors Newsletter for Sunday September 08, 2024 ( 1 items )  

Justice Dept.: Pharmacists Convicted of $13M Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurer Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: A federal jury convicted four pharmacy owners yesterday for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Raef Hamaed, of Maricopa County, Arizona; Kindy Ghussin, of Greene County, Ohio; Ali Abdelrazzaq, of Macomb County, Michigan; and Tarek Fakhuri, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, all licensed pharmacists, billed Medicare  more