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CA Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To Prison For Role In Health Care, Wire Fraud Scheme

February 27, 2019 By sdcnews

LOS ANGELES–A Southern California pharmacy owner was sentenced to 48 months in prison for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $1.5 million in fraudulent claims for prescription drugs.

Tamar Tatarian, 39, of Pasadena, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Walter of the Central District of California, who also ordered Tatarian to pay $1,537,710.73  in restitution to Medicare. On Dec. 14, 2018, Tatarian was convicted of one count of health care fraud and two counts of wire fraud following a four-day jury trial.

Tatarian was an owner of Akhtamar Pharmacy in the Pasadena, California area.  According to evidence presented at trial and sentencing, from approximately October 2015 through June 2018, Tatarian engaged in a scheme involving the submission of fraudulent claims to Medicare Part D plan sponsors for prescription drugs that Akhtamar Pharmacy never ordered from wholesalers, and thus never dispensed to Medicare beneficiaries. Tatarian attempted to conceal the fraud through the creation of fake invoices, reflecting wholesale drug purchases by Akhtamar Pharmacy which had, in fact, never taken place, the evidence showed. As a result of this scheme, Tatarian, through Akhtamar Pharmacy, submitted claims to Medicare for more than $1.5 million in prescription drugs that she never purchased or dispensed to patients, the evidence showed.

The case was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG.  

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