Feds charge 16 in massive $175M prescription cream fraud based in South Florida
A massive $175 million fraud involving specialty prescription creams used to treat pain and other ailments was headquartered in South Florida, according to criminal charges filed Thursday by federal prosecutors.
The suspects include about a dozen residents of Palm Beach and Broward counties, as well as at least three doctors and other medical workers from around the U.S.
Court records suggest they are all cooperating and are expected to surrender in court in the next week or so.
In a related criminal case, one of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein's former bodyguards, Jose Ramon Morales, has pleaded not guilty to allegations he destroyed records that he thought federal agents wanted to seize from one of the Boca Raton companies linked to the fraud, court records show.
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