Town Pharmacy managing pharmacist Ruben Aguilar admitted to submitting bogus claims to Medicaid from 2002 to 2007 for expensive brand-name drugs when he actually provided generic drugs or never gave any drugs at all.
The sentence terms include paying $5,000 each month toward paying off the restitution and staying offense-free.
Read the Asbury Park Press‘ news report on the New Jersey Medicaid fraud.
Read other coverage on healthcare fraud in New Jersey:
– New Jersey Neurologist Indicted for Healthcare Fraud
– New Jersey Pain Management Center Pays $88K to Resolve Fraud Charges
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