Pharmacy manager stole $50K worth of diabetic test strips, police charge

The pharmacy manager of JNT Pharmacy in Brewster, N.Y., allegedly stole and resold more than $50,000 worth of diabetic test strips, according to the Times Herald-Record.

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Police said that Aatif Ahmed Khan, 32, ordered the strips from medical distributors for his pharmacy and resold them to wholesalers, pocketing the money for himself. The alleged acts took place for two years.

Mr. Khan had been the pharmacy manager since 2015 and appeared to have been reselling the strips since 2017, police said.

He was arrested in February and faces a felony grand larceny charge.

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