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Pharmacy Owner and Accountant Indicted in $134m Health Care Fraud Scheme
Mohamed Mokbel and Fathy Elsafty, of Houston, Texas, were arrested on charges of money laundering, health care fraud, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their participation in an alleged pharmacy fraud scheme.
Mokbel served as CEO of 4M Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the parent company of several retail pharmacies that operated in Texas and Florida, and Elsafty was 4M Pharmaceutical’s accountant and tax preparer. Both individuals had ownership interests in the retail pharmacies.
According to the indictment, 4M Pharmaceutical employees operated as call center employees to solicit Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance patients nationwide by offering patients medically unnecessary diabetic supplies and topical creams. Even though many patients rebuffed the solicitation attempts, 4M Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries allege
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Mohamed Mokbel and Fathy Elsafty, of Houston, Texas, were
arrested on charges of money laundering, health care fraud, and
conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their participation in
an alleged pharmacy fraud scheme.
Mokbel served as CEO of 4M Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the parent
company of several retail pharmacies that operated in Texas and
Florida, and Elsafty was 4M Pharmaceutical s accountant and tax
preparer. Both individuals had ownership interests in the retail
pharmacies.
According to the indictment, 4M Pharmaceutical employees
operated as call center employees to solicit Medicare, Medicaid,