Press Release
☷Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme
U.S. Department of Justice ( By Press Release office)
Apr 28,2022
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A New York man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and unlawfully spending the proceeds of his $6 . 8 million fraud . According to court documents , Robert John Sabet , 46 , of Brooklyn , the owner of two New York City pharmacies , conspired to bill Medicare and Medicaid for expensive prescription drugs that were not needed by patients , were dispensed in connection with kickbacks , or , in some cases , not dispensed at all . As part of the conspiracy , Sabet and others paid kickbacks and bribes to customers to convince them to fill prescriptions at his pharmacies , and paid customers cash in exchange for the ability to bill Medicare and Medicaid for over - the - counter health care - related products on their behalf . Sabet used proceeds of the scheme to purchase luxury items , such as a 2020 Porsche Taycan worth over $250 , 000 . Sabet pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and committing unlawful financial transactions . He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 29 and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison . A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U . S . Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors . Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A . Polite , Jr . of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U . S . Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York; Special Agent in Charge Scott J . Lampert of the U . S . Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s ( HHS - OIG ) Office of Investigations , New York Regional Office; Special Agent in Charge Thomas Fattorusso of IRS - Criminal Investigation ( IRS - CI ) , New York; and Acting Medicaid Inspector General Frank T . Walsh Jr . of the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General ( OMIG ) made the announcement . HHS - OIG , IRS - CI , and OMIG investigated the case . Trial Attorney Miriam Glaser Dauermann of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U . S . Attorney Brendan King for the Eastern District of New York are prosecuting the case .
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