According to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Huynh gave false prescriptions to a pharmacist who submitted false claims to insurers for drugs that were never dispensed. Between January 2004 and November 2009, the pharmacist, Farhad N. Dany Sharim, paid Mr. Huynh more than $1.1 million for the false prescriptions.
The government also alleged Mr. Huynh filed false tax returns for tax years 2007 through 2011.
Mr. Huynh will be sentenced Jan. 30, 2017. He faces up 38 years in federal prison.
Mr. Sharim pleaded guilty in 2013 to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and will be sentenced on Dec. 5.
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