Tricare fraud ‘mastermind’ sentenced to 18 years in prison Pharmacy owner sentenced for role in Tricare fraud. (Image by serggn) A Mississippi man described as the “mastermind of the largest health care fraud scheme” in that state’s history has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $350 million in connection to his role in a scheme to defraud Tricare, Justice officials said. Wade Ashley Walters, 54, of Hattiesburg, Miss., who earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced Jan. 15 in federal court in Mississippi, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. He is co-owner of numerous pharmaceutical distributors and compounding pharmacies companies that make individualized medications for people.
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Between 2012 and 2016, Walters orchestrated a scheme to defraud Tricare and private health insurers by distributing compounded medications that were not needed, prosecutors said.