Health Care Fraud Scheme — Michigan Pharmacist Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for $4M Health Care Fraud Scheme | United States Justice Department.
As a result of his crime, Fakih caused a total of approximately $4 million of loss to Medicare.In August 2024, Fakih pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud before a federal judge in the Eastern District of Michigan. Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. announcement Michigan Pharmacist Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for $4M Health Care Fraud Scheme on Monday, November 24, 2025
A former Michigan pharmacist was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme at a pharmacy he operated. In addition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, are taking steps to hold providers accountable for their involvement in health care fraud schemes. As part of the scheme, Fakih submitted fraudulent claims for reimbursement to Medicare for high-reimbursing prescription medications, such as blood thinners and lung disease inhalers that his pharmacy did not even have the inventory to dispense. He was also ordered to pay $4 million in restitution and to forfeit four real estate properties and $726,364.96.
Court filings state, from approximately 2011 to 2017, Nabil Fakih, 50, of Wayne County, billed Medicare for prescription medications that he did not dispense at the pharmacy he owned and operated in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. He concealed his fraud by manipulating the inventory purchases at his pharmacy, as well as the receipt and transfer of the proceeds from the fraud, diverting the proceeds for his own personal use and benefit. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan of the FBI Detroit Field Office; and Special Agent in Charge Mario Pinto