He was ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution and surrender his medical license.
From 2014 to 2016, Dr. El-Nachef prescribed unnecessary HIV medications, antipsychotics and opioids to patients at Los Angeles and Anaheim, Calif.-based clinics, the report said. The patients, who were Medi-Cal recipients, were recruited with cash payment promises and then illegally sold the drugs.
Dr. El-Nachef was recruited to write unnecessary prescriptions and was paid in cash. He pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and one count of aiding and abetting.
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