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A pharmacy in Milton recently started giving the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Nikki Krize Updated: 5:16 PM EDT April 5, 2021
MILTON, Pa. Jonathan Weber of Lewisburg sat for 15 minutes after his COVID-19 vaccine at Custom Care Pharmacy in Milton. I logged onto Facebook and signed up and got an appointment pretty quickly, Weber said.
Weber is an agricultural worker in Union County so he qualifies for a vaccine under Phase 1B of the state s guidelines. As soon as I was available to get a shot there was availability to get the shot, so I had no issues getting signed up, Weber said.
“This is not in my character,” Moran said. “I’ve learned my lesson in this.”
The scheme, which began in Mississippi, has defrauded TRICARE and other health care benefits providers of more than $1.5 billion nationwide, the government contends. At least 25 people have been charged, and 20 of them have been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty.
U.S. Senior Judge Keith Starrett said in court Tuesday that Moran, like the others in the case, was a good person until he got “caught up in this greed, this evil.”
“I’ve seen a lot of shows in my career as a judge and seen a lot of very sad cases through the years,” Starrett said. “The sad thing is the tremendous ability and potential you have for good. This involved so many people, so many lives ruined, so many careers lost.”
Clinton pharmacist sentenced to prison for health care fraud conspiracy Share Updated: 1:32 PM CST Feb 2, 2021 Share Updated: 1:32 PM CST Feb 2, 2021 A Clinton pharmacist has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud.Marco Bisa Hawkins Moran, 45, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, according to federal officials. Moran has also been ordered to pay a monetary judgment of $12,200 in addition to more than $22 million in restitution and a $20,000 fine.A news release from the U.S. Attorney s Office of the Southern District of Mississippi said Moran, as co-owner of Medworx Compounding and Custom Care Pharmacy, participated in a scheme between 2014 and 2016 to defraud Tricare and other health care programs, including those that provided coverage to employees of the city of Jackson. As part of the scheme, Moran and his co-conspirators, among other things, adjusted
MS pain cream scheme: Ex-pharmacist Marco Moran going to prison, must pay back millions Lici Beveridge, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Former pharmacist Marco Moran, one of more than 20 people convicted in a massive health care fraud involving compounded pain creams and other medications, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hattiesburg to 10 years in prison.
He also must forfeit nearly $12.2 million in cash and pay restitution of around $22.1 million and a fine of $20,000.
Moran, 47, was charged in September 2018 to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. He pleaded guilty the same day.
He apologized to the court and the government as well as his children and a grandchild.