A federal jury convicted four pharmacy owners for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Raef Hamaed, of Maricopa County, Arizona; Kindy Ghussin, of Greene County, Ohio; Ali Abdelrazzaq, of Macomb County, Michigan; and Tarek Fakhuri, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, all licensed pharmacists, billed Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for prescription medications that they did not dispense at pharmacies they owned in Michigan and Ohio. The defendants collectively caused over $13 million of loss to Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Hamaed, Ghussin, Abdelrazzaq, and Fakhuri were convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare and wire fraud. Abdelrazzaq was also convicted of two counts of healthcare fraud and Fakhuri was convicted of one count of healthcare fraud. Sentencing hearings will be set at a later date.
