Florida pharmacy owner gets 13 years for health care fraud

WCTV-5 hours ago

(AP) - The owner of a Florida pharmacy was sentenced to 13 years in prison for a health care kickback scheme. U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez of the Middle District of Florida said 53-year-old Larry Howard was sentenced on Friday and ordered to pay $4.3 million in restitution and surrender two properties he purchased ...

Orlando Pharmacy Owner Gets 13 Years For Health Care Fraud

WUSF News-6 hours ago

Federal prosecutors say Howard owned Orlando-area Fertility Pharmacy, and that he was involved in a kickback scheme with two others meant to funnel patients to doctors pre-selected by Howard. The doctors would prescribe expensive pain medications and scar creams that cost up to $17,000 per bottle. The medications