Arizona Pharmacist Among Four Sentenced for Roles in $13M Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurer Fraud Conspiracy

Four pharmacy owners have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. 

Pharmacist Raef Hamaed, of Maricopa County, Arizona, was sentenced on Jan. 8 to 10 years in prison; pharmacist Tarek Fakhuri, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was sentenced on Jan. 13 to seven years in prison; pharmacist Ali Abdelrazzaq, of Macomb County, Michigan, was sentenced on Jan. 15 to two years in prison; and pharmacist Kindy Ghussin, of Greene County, Ohio, was sentenced today to five years and five months in prison. 

Read the full press release. US Department of Justice, February 6, 2025