Between January 2015 and December 2022, Dacheng Lu, formerly a part owner of New York City-based 888 Pharmacy and Huikang Pharmacy, and his co-conspirators allegedly referred Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients to medical practices that prescribed medically unnecessary prescriptions, which the pharmacies billed to Medicare and Medicaid, according to an Oct. 5 news release from the Justice Department.
In exchange for writing the prescriptions, Mr. Lu and his co-conspirators allegedly gave the practices kickbacks and bribes in the form of rent and office staff.
Dr. Lu faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
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