Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

The owner of a compounding pharmacy in Los Angeles pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud and paying kickbacks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Central California announced. Navid Vahedi, 41, also pleaded guilty on behalf of his business, Fusion Rx Compounding Pharmacy. “In their plea agreements, Vahedi and Fusion Rx admitted routing millions of dollars in kickback payments through the businesses of two marketers to steer prescriptions for compounded drugs to Fusion Rx,” prosecutors said in a statement. “As part of the scheme, Vahedi and the two marke...