Jersey City Pharmacy Co-Owner Pleads Guilty to Fake Billings

The owner of a Jersey City, N.J., pharmacy pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in a scheme involving two local pharmacies that billed Medicaid for HIV/AIDs drugs that were never dispensed.State Attorney General Anne Millgram said Shahid Mahmood, 49, the co-owner of MLK Pharmacy, pleaded guilty in Hudson County Superior Court Thursday to second-degree health claims fraud.The state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit alleged that both MLK Pharmacy and Ampere Pharmacy, located in East Orange, N.J., billed Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of dollars in prescription drugs.Milgram said Mahmood's...