Joe David May, MD, 42, was convicted in May of 22 criminal counts, including conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, violating the anti-kickback statute, falsifying records and aggravated identity theft, according to an April 13 Justice Department news release.
Dr. May was at the center of a bogus prescription-drug assembly line. He rubber stamped 226 prescriptions, costing Tricare more than $4.63 million, for people he did not know and did not treat, the release said.
All nine of his co-conspirators pleaded guilty to conspiracy, according to the release.
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