Thursday, February 27, 2014

Pharmacist gets 7 years for $1.7M health care fraud

A north suburban pharmacist who operated a North Side store will spend seven years in prison for collecting more than $1.7 million in false health insurance claims “to finance a lavish lifestyle,” according to federal prosecutors.
Ronald Kielar, 76, of Mundelein was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr., according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office. He was convicted last fall of 10 federal charges including health care fraud, obstruction of justice and aggravated identity theft.
Kielar operated the former Cartagena Pharmacy in the 1500 block of West Devon Avenue, Chicago, federal prosecutors said.
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