'Compound King' Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison and $12 Million in Restitution

A Houston pharmacist who called himself “the Compound King” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. The 75-year-old George Phillip Tompkins, convicted in March, also must pay more than $12 million in restitution to the federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, according to federal court records and a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Tompkins and his wife, Marene Tompkins, ran Piney Point Pharmacy in Houston for years. She was sentenced to 30 days of home con...