Robert John Sabet, a New York pharmacist and owner of Brooklyn Chemists and Lucky Care Pharmacy, was charged this past March for his alleged role in leading a $4 million health care fraud conspiracy. The intricate scheme involved customer kickbacks and ineligible costly prescription orders being billed back to Medicare and Medicaid over the course of five years, states an indictment submitted by a federal grand jury.
Investigators came after Sabet after tracing a $100,000 wire transfer made by his company Lucky Care Pharmacy for a 2020 Porsche valued at over $250,000. This unusual transaction led investigators to apply for a search warrant and comb through his home where they seized the new luxury vehicle, large sums of cash and other luxury goods believed to have been acquired with profits of the health care fraud scheme.
According to a recent Department of Justice press release, Sabet is being charged with “conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States by paying kickbacks and bribes in connection with the provision of health care services, and unlawfully spending the proceeds of his fraud”.
The defendant appeared in federal court for his initial hearing on March 17, 2021, and the case is ongoing. If found guilty of these charges, he faces up to “10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit health fraud; five years in prison for conspiracy to pay kickbacks and bribes; and 10 years in prison for unlawful spending” reports local newspaper The Flushing Post. Our team at Padula Law will continue to monitor this case as it evolves.
