US Cartagena Pharmacy Nov 2010 Misuse (Q9408)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Cartagena Pharmacy Nov 2010 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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November 2010
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A Chicago pharmacist was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of collecting more than $1.7 million through false claims he submitted to insurance companies for a drug that he never dispensed and stealing the identities of unsuspecting pharmacy customers to make that money, which he used to finance a lavish lifestyle. The defendant, RONALD KIELAR, also created fake documents to make his false insurance claims appear legitimate. Kielar, 76, of Mundelein, was a pharmacist at the former Cartagena Pharmacy, located in the 1500 block of West Devon Avenue, which was owned by his ex-wife. He was sentenced to five years in prison on six counts of health care fraud and one count of obstruction of justice, and received a mandatory consecutive sentence of two year (English)
