LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The owner of Crume Drug Store, located in Nelson County, Kentucky, was charged in United States District Court this week, in a two count federal information, with wire fraud and billing private insurance companies and Medicare Part D for fraudulent prescriptions, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
According to the federal charges, Timothy Sizemore, age 36 , of Bardstown, Kentucky, knowingly devised and executed a scheme, between April 2010 and February 2012, whereby he used patients’ and doctors’ names to create fraudulent prescriptions, and billed Anthem and other private insurance companies for those fraudulent prescriptions, even though, those prescriptions were never actually filled. Further, it is alleged that during the same time period, Sizemore used patients’ and doctors’ names to create fraudulent prescriptions and billed Medicare Part D for those fraudulent prescriptions which were never filled.
If convicted at trial, Sizemore could be face no more than 30 years in prison, a fine of $500,000 and three years of supervised release. An initial appearance on the charges has not been scheduled.
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