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Up to 50%of TRICARE reimbursements paid to marketers by one California pharmacy

A California pharmacist paid marketers kickbacks of up to 50 percent of what TRICARE reimbursed for compounded prescriptions, and was sentenced to 70 months.

Thu Van Le's pharmacy billed TRICARE and Amtrak's employee plan more than $13 million between March 2015 and December 2016; the plans paid about $11.75 million. He pleaded guilty to health care fraud.

Source: Oversight.gov, republishing the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California release. Read more: compounded prescription fraud · case file

Sources

  1. Pharmacist Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Compounded Medicine Scam that Defrauded Health Care Plans. Oversight.gov, republishing the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California release. Accessed 2026-11-03.