A pharmacist who pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy charge will serve six months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that a federal grand jury at one point alleged netted more than $211 million in payments on compound drugs.
And while prosecutors and attorneys representing Hootan Melamed agreed that a fair range of estimated losses resulting from the scheme would be $9.5 million to $19.8 million, he was ordered to forfeit $1.4 million and pay a $100 fine.
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff on Monday ordered Melamed to turn himself in and start serving his sentences by Oct. 1.
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