Question of the Day Dcember 23, 2015 Will 2016 be the year of the federal prosecution of fraudlent activities by compounding pharmacies and pharmacists? How many in total will have federal civil or criminal cases brought against them? Will the other players who received benefits from the fraud also be prosecuted or sued? How far will the federal government go to trace the proceeds of the fraud? Will they recover the proceeds from not just the doctors, pharmacists, and pharmacies but also from the marketers, sales representatives, the api suppliers (who knew or should have know) and any end receiver of those profits or proceeds? Will restitution be ordered? Those involved in criminal law know that one of the purposes of enforcement of criminal law is punishment, but another is to deter others from the same or similiar conduct. Will these criminal prosecutions deter future fraudlent conduct? Why or why not?