Feds Net 3 Convictions for Pain Cream Kickback Scheme

An Orlando, Florida-area pharmacy owner, doctor and patient recruiter have been convicted of roles in a pain-cream kickback scheme that defrauded the military’s health care program of about $4.3 million, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. Fertility Pharmacy owner Larry Howard, 53; Dr. Nicole Bramwell, 52; and patient recruiter Raymond Stone, 57, were convicted Friday of conspiring to pay health care kickbacks after a five-day trial. Additional charges were lodged against each: Howard was convicted of paying health care kickbacks and money laundering; and Bramw...