Evidence Demonstrated Man’s Intent To Submit False Prescriptions, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 17, 2019, 10:19 AM EDT) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn.  — A federal judge in Connecticut on Oct. 16 denied a man’s motion for acquittal following his conviction on two counts of health care fraud, ruling that the evidence presented during a February trial sufficiently supported the jury’s decision that the defendant intended to defraud insurance companies when submitting prescriptions to a compounding pharmacy in Mississippi using a prescription endorsed by a photocopy of a physician’s assistant’s signature (United States v. Kwasi Gyambibi, No. 18-cr-0136, D. Conn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179271)....