A federal judge sentenced 46-year-old former pharmaceutical sales representative Holly Blakely, of San Antonio, TX, to 30 months in federal prison for a Bribery/Healthcare Fraud scheme that netted her over $1 million. In addition to the prison term, Senior U.S. District Judge Fred Biery ordered that Blakely pay $ 1,746,222 in restitution and be placed on supervised release for a period of 3 years after completing her prison term. Federal authorities had previously forfeited approximately $88,800 in proceeds from the sale of Blakely’s house. Judge Biery also ordered Blakely, who remains on bond, to surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service by June 15, 2020, in order to begin her prison term. According to court records, from February 2013 through December 2014, Blakely and others submitted numerous fraudulent prescriptions on behalf of unsuspecting individuals to two different pharmacies for compounding medications. Numerous prescriptions were for patients who never sought treatment from the medical professional who wrote, or whose name was used to obtain, the prescription. Blakely received commissions from pharmacies based on the amount of money the pharmacies received from private and government healthcare insurers for prescriptions submitted by conspirators and filled by the pharmacies. Blakely, in turn, paid kickbacks to medical professionals to induce them into writing prescriptions for insured patients. The total loss amount due to the defendant’s scheme was approximately $8,846,972.
