A Houston physician and two pharmacists have been indicted for an alleged $170 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme.
The 13-count indictment returned by a Houston federal grand jury on Sep. 7 was unsealed Wednesday, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas. Per court documents, Houston pharmacist Shalondria Simpson, 45, orchestrated the conspiracy with her twin sister, Dallas-area physician Lashondria Simpson-Camp and Houston pharmacist Shayla Bryant.
“Between 2016 and 2022, Simpson, Simpson-Camp and Bryant allegedly conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent claims to the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Program (DOL-OWCP) for high reimbursing drugs that were often medically unnecessary and induced by kickbacks and bribes,” U.S. Attorney’s Office officials said in Wednesday’s release.
Source: Houston pharmacists, doctor charged for $170m fraud and kickback scheme / CHRON