Orange County Man Pleads Guilty in $270 Million Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme Tied to Monte Vista Pharmacy
TL;DR
An Orange County man pleaded guilty to leading a scheme that billed Medi-Cal from May 2022 to April 2023 for expensive, often unnecessary drugs via Monte Vista Pharmacy, totaling nearly $270 million with about $178 million paid; funds were laundered and kickbacks were used, and he faces a statutory maximum of 30 years in prison at sentencing on August 3.
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