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Pharmacist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for $182.6 Million Insurance Fraud

A Mississippi pharmacist has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $180 million in fraudulent billings to private health insurers and the . . .

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