A woman who ran a pharmacy in Morrisville, New York, was convicted of a felony in federal court in September 2021. She pleaded guilty to a single criminal charge of health care fraud. Pharmacist Jennifer Caloia, 57, owned and managed Dougherty Pharmacy from 1998 to 2015. In her guilty plea, Caloia admitted to defrauding private…

A pharmacy owner in Queens, New York, was sentenced to three years in prison for his participation in a health care fraud scheme. Authorities said he falsely claimed to be a pharmacist and distributed more than 10,000 Oxycodone pills. He was also involved in illegal financial transactions. Harris Hussnain, 41, pleaded guilty to conspiring to…

Four people who owned or worked at pharmacies in New York City and New Jersey were charged in a $99 million prescription fraud scheme. They allegedly bribed doctors for prescriptions and received millions of dollars in reimbursements for medications they did not order, send to patients or even have in stock. The group obtained more than…