Pharmacist to Serve 17 Years, Forfeit $405M for Compound Drug Scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Texas pharmacist was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a compound drug scheme targeting injured federal workers. Dehshid Nourian, 62, was also ordered to forfeit $405 million and pay another $115 million in restitution, the Justice Department announced Monday. A federal jury for the Northern District of Texas in November 2023 convicted Nourian on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, eight counts of health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, five counts of money laundering and o...