New York City Pharmacist Sentenced To Prison Term for $1.8M Drug Scheme

NEW YORK—A New York City pharmacist has been sentenced to a prison term of six-and-a-half years to 13 years for his conviction on charges that he stole more than $1.8 million from Medicaid in less than a year through false prescription drug billings, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced March 6 (People v. Alcindor).

The pharmacist, Patrick Alcindor, was sentenced in state Supreme Court for New York County. On Feb. 10, prosecutors said, he was convicted at trial on three felony counts of third-degree attempted grand larceny, two felony counts of tampering with physical evidence, and ...