Massive fraud by New Jersey employees still “minor league”

October 15, 2017. Camden, NJ-- Press of Atlantic City : This year’s federal investigation into public employee prescription benefits fraud in South Jersey has yielded a steady stream of guilty pleas. In just the past couple of months, an Atlantic City firefighter, a Margate doctor, two local pharmaceutical representatives and six others have admitted defrauding the generous health coverage provided by government and taxpayers of more than $25 million. Many more convictions are likely, considering that court documents note more than $50 million was paid to a single compounding pharmacy. This is a lot of fraud for a scheme that only ran for a year and a third, and maybe the final total ...