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\"\"Texas pharmacist Dehshid \u201cDavid\u201d Nourian, 62, of Plano, was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison and ordered to pay over $115 million in restitution for orchestrating a $145 million fraud scheme targeting the Department of Labor, federal officials announced Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The court also forfeited $405 million in assets tied to his crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2014 to 2017, Nourian and others bribed doctors to prescribe unnecessary compound creams to federal workers, which were mixed by untrained teenagers for about $15 per prescription and billed to the government for up to $16,000 each. <\/span><\/p>\n

Patients testified the creams were ineffective and sometimes caused painful rashes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities say Nourian\u2019s pharmacies in Fort Worth and Arlington received over $90 million in fraudulent payments, which he laundered through shell companies while evading $24 million in federal taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Following Nourian\u2019s sentencing, the court ordered him to forfeit $405 million in assets tied to his crimes. Evidence showed he and his co-conspirators laundered fraud proceeds through shell companies, funneling millions into family bank and investment accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n

The forfeiture includes $395 million in brokerage accounts, over $2 million in bank accounts, $8 million in real estate in Dallas and Austin, and a BMW luxury vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A federal jury convicted him in November 2023 of multiple counts of fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. <\/span><\/p>\n

The forfeiture order includes $395 million in brokerage accounts, over $2 million in bank accounts, $8 million in real estate, and a luxury BMW.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case was investigated by federal agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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