Pharmacy Owner Sentenced

Taesung “Terry” Kim was sentenced to more than five years in prison. According to court documents, Kim’s pharmacies submitted approximately $24.4 million in claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary prescription drugs. He and his conspirators gave bribes to medical providers in the form of office rent and staff to induce them to direct prescriptions to the pharmacies. He paid customers in the form of supermarket gift certificates and cash to induce them to fill prescriptions at their pharmacies. Read a Department of Justice press release.

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