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\"\"According to officials, a federal jury on Friday convicted a Southern California woman for her role in a healthcare fraud and prescription drug diversion scheme involving two pharmacies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0The evidence indicated that Irina Sadovsky, 53, of Calabasas, the owner, and pharmacist-in-charge of Five Star RX doing business as Five Star Pharmacy (Five Star Pharmacy) and Ultimate Pharmacy Inc. (Ultimate Pharmacy), engaged in a health care fraud and black-market prescription drug diversion conspiracy from September 2016 to April 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Sadovsky submitted claims to Medicaid of California (Medi-Cal) and Medicare for prescription drugs that were never dispensed to beneficiaries but were provided to co-conspirators to sell on the black market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadovsky\u2019s co-conspirators created fraudulent prescriptions, either by writing the prescriptions themselves or paying kickbacks to marketers with access to patients and prescribers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sadovsky recommended the combinations of prescription drugs to be written, checked the patients’ eligibility for reimbursement, and fraudulently submitted claims to Medi-Cal and Medicare.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadovsky was convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to engage in the unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs. <\/span><\/p>\n

She is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 3, 2023. She is facing up to 15 years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Chief Alexis Gregorian and Trial Attorneys Justin Givens and Alex Michael of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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