10 Charged in $20 Million Scheme Selling Unsafe HIV Drugs and Defrauding Medicare
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Federal prosecutors accused 10 people of running a $20 million black-market scheme selling unsafe HIV medication.
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Defendants allegedly bought medication from vulnerable, low-income patients and resold it at a profit.
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Money earned was used to buy luxury goods like cars, real estate, clothes and jewelry.
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Scheme involved bribing patients to use certain pharmacies and defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
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Some defendants face decades in prison on charges like wire fraud, healthcare fraud and money laundering.