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2020-08-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Former Air Force Major Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Tricare Fraud
[Mil.Com] A former Air Force officer has been sentenced to two years behind bars for her role in a nationwide scheme to defraud the military's health program, Tricare, of billions of dollars.

Maj. Romeatrius Moss, 40, pleaded guilty Oct. 15, 2019, to accepting kickbacks for referring patients at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to civilian pharmacies that specialized in compounded medications; she faced up to five years in prison.

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Moss admitted to giving service members and other patients at the base medical clinic pre-printed prescription pads and encouraging them to ask their doctors for specialty medications -- compounded personalized prescriptions for pain and other ailments.

She then sent the prescriptions to specific pharmacies and received a portion of the Tricare reimbursement paid to the pharmacies for those scripts.

Moss was sentenced Monday to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release; she was also ordered to pay $622,459 -- the amount she made in the scheme -- in restitution, according to the Justice Department.

As part of her plea agreement, she also must give up her $750,000 house in Enid, Oklahoma; a 2016 Porsche Cayenne; and a 2000 Fleetwood Pace Arrow recreational vehicle.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-11 13:50|| || Front Page|| [16 views ]  Top

#1 Romeatrius - such a white bread name.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-11 15:00||   2020-08-11 15:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Pre-O-4 photo:

Posted by Gleang Bucket4170 2020-08-11 15:53||   2020-08-11 15:53|| Front Page Top

#3 It's reparations!
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-11 16:12||   2020-08-11 16:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Yet another example of "systemic racism".
Posted by Clem 2020-08-11 22:35||   2020-08-11 22:35|| Front Page Top

#5 BTW, just so I'm clear, did she get busted to E-1 and must forfeit all pay and allowances?
Posted by Clem 2020-08-11 22:39||   2020-08-11 22:39|| Front Page Top

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