is prescription fraud a white collar crime?
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No, it is not.    There are some "minor" crimes involving prescription fraud, such as having prescriptions written to the name of an insured relative, rather than pay retail price.  Most cases of prescription fraud, however, involve drug use and drug abuse. \n\n"Although there has been some debate as to what qualifies as a white-collar crime, the term today generally encompasses a variety of nonviolent crimes usually committed in commercial situations for financial gain."
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Doctors and other professionals can only be held liable if you can prove gross negligence.\n\nAdministering drugs to a patient who has been advised of the possibilities of side effects is not gross negligence, nor should it be defined as such.
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Corporate tax frauds. They even do that when most don't even pay taxes! Oh, they can write off fines paid to the US Government.!\n\nHere is A through H  You tell me?\n\nABB\n\n \n\nABB Vetco Gray\nABB Vetko UK\n 2004\n $5,900,000\n\n \n\n$10,500,00\n "Swiss engineering company ABB Ltd. and two of its subsidiaries agreed Tuesday to pay a total of $16.4 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil charges alleging they bribed government officials in Nigeria, Angola and Kazakhstan. The company paid more than $1.1 million through U.S.-based and foreign subsidiaries for the purpose of "obtaining and retaining business," federal officials claimed. U.S. authorities said ABB settled a civil suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by agreeing to pay $5.9 million in "disgorgement and prejudgment interest" to the Securities and Exchange Commission and change its business practices. SEC officials said ABB notified the government of the violations and cooperated in the investigation. Simultaneously, subsidiaries ABB Vetco Gray, based in Houston, and ABB Vetco UK, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, appeared in U.S. District Court in Houston and agreed to pay a total fine of $10.5 million, the Department of Justice said. The fines came after each company was convicted of two counts of violating the bribery section of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act." (Feds fine ABB $16M in bribery case, By Leticia Williams, CBS.MarketWatch.com, July 6, 2004).\n \nAbbott Laboratories\n 1999\n $100,000,000\n "[R]ecord fine of $100 million to the Food and Drug Administration to settle a long-running investigation into the company's manufacturing plant in Lake County, Ill. Abbott also agreed to remove 125 products from the market and stop making them. (Abbott to Pay $622 Million to Settle Inquiry Into Marketing, By Gardiner Harris, New York Times, June 27, 2003).\n \nAbbott Laboratories\n 2003\n $622,000,000\n "Abbott Laboratories said yesterday that it planned to pay $622 million to settle an investigation into sales practices for liquids needed to feed the seriously ill. The company said in a statement that it would take a charge of 34 cents a share in the second quarter to cover a settlement of a "previously disclosed civil and criminal investigation" of its Ross Products division. Abbott earned $592.3 million, or 38 cents a share, in the second quarter of last year. Melissa Brotz, an Abbott spokeswoman, declined yesterday to discuss details of the investigation, which was disclosed in August 2001. At the time, news reports described it as focusing on marketing tactics in which the company gave tubes and pumps used to deliver liquid food directly into patients' digestive tracts in exchange for large orders of the liquids. Some of the hospitals and nursing homes that received the free equipment were suspected of billing Medicaid and Medicare, the government health insurance programs for the poor and the elderly, for the tubes and pumps, according to the reports." (Abbott to Pay $622 Million to Settle Inquiry Into Marketing, By Gardiner Harris, New York Times, June 27, 2003).\nOn Oct. 3, 2001, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, a joint venture of Abbott and Tadeka Chemical Industries, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and paid $875 million - still the record for a health fraud fine - to settle accusations related to its marketing of the cancer drug Lupron. TAP was accused of giving Lupron to doctors who the company knew would bill Medicaid and Medicare for the cost of the drug. SEE TAP PHARMACEUTICAL.\n \nAbbott Laboratories\n 2005\n $18,000,000\n "Abbott Laboratories and Geneva Pharmaceuticals Inc. have agreed to a $30.7 million nationwide settlement to refund customers and third-party payers in 18 states who claimed that the two companies had conspired to engage in anticompetitive conduct selling a drug that treats hypertension and enlarged prostate. The settlement agreement,
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Yes of course it is illegal.\n\nAnd suggestions that a drug company or pharmacy might buy them back are just misinformed gusses.  Why would a drug company give you your money back when they can produce fresh drugs for a tiny fraction of the cost you paid?  How would they verify that you did not contaminate the drugs?\n\nTake the loss and don't get yourself thrown in jail.
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why, are you looking to perpetrate fraud of some kind?
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Don't let anyone tell you different. The Pharmaceutical and FDA-hold hands and do not want you to go natural. They want profit for themselves and do much to destroy other methods. Example-rickets-eat oranges but a Doctor has to offer (required) Medicine he can not say the other he must follow book or be in trouble of his license. The FDA wants control of organic labels . They want control of health products. They say it is to regulate those who are defrauding that industry. Sounds nice-but they themselves have let many poisons go through (it isn't that bad). And have allowed renaming of bad chemicals-so you are confused. No Doctor wants to admit this -and they might be sincere in their methods but will not accept other practices. A new move is happening and many are turning to more natural ways (unfortunately so are greedy Reps.)-you must educate yourself. The Pharmaceutical is mighty and they put many in office and keep them there-so they will not be crossed (otherwise we would have Nation Health-just about the whole world does now, -and they say it is to save you money-others are bankrupt-no not all and there are other issues--or they say long lines-not true again (sometimes-here too). So simply yes is the answer. Please go to library or watch the TV- -"Know the Cause" (pax-mens channel-healthy living)-they have ex reps and doctors who appear-watch several as one show might not show enough. Money and Greed-from many-you named two. Don't let anyone tell you different.
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Well it's not employee's, it's management. \n\nTwo things are proportional to volume of transactions and they are errors and the size of errors, secondly there is opportunity and/or concealment of fraud.
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Not legally, at least in the United States.  Mind you, there are places that will either sell it to you illegally (a bit rare, being a felony and all) or have a doctor on staff look over a questionnaire you fill out and then prescribe the drug (much more common).  he FDA is currently looking into requiring any doctor writing a prescription to have a face-to-face consultation with/evaluation of the patient.
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This site has an insurance news section - http://www.findlocalinsurance.com\nIt seems like everyday there is an article about insurance fraud.
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I looked it up, have a friend that said they were a mail-order meds in FLA.  and I got this link from the Better Business Bureau.  check it out.
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1. There are no ethics in business.\n\n2. Business is in and of itself dishonest.\n\n3. White collar crime does not need to be taught, it is inherent.
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That is a very serious charge you had better be sure you know what you are talking about, specificly do you know as much about the drug and its intended use as the doctor? My guess is that you don't since you are asking this question.
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Victims of Fraud and Economic Crime\n\nhttp://www.ovc.gov/publications/infores/fraud/victfraud.pdf
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I've never heard of any doctor, dentist or otherwise, "selling" their patients medications.  They can give samples of medications for the patients in case they need them until they are able to get to the pharmacy.  Even if the cost is less, I would steer away from this.  I think it's illegal.  It's almost like charging the patient "twice".  Check with the AMA in your state as soon as possible and find out if what he is doing is legal.
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usually, white collar crimes receive a lesser penalty than violent crimes. My personal feelings on how that differentiation is really messed up, a lawyer is absolutely the best person to consult on this matter.
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Yes, it's okay.  I had a prescription and was caught with it...  The county I was in tried to prosecute me and failed (I even used a court appointed attny.)  If you've got a prescription from a doctor, you're good to go.  You have to know people who know people, usually others who have prescriptions will know where you can by it.  In Northern Cali, shops are widespread.  Medical is given to nearly everyone there (up north)  the further south you go, the more strict the laws get.  Each county sets up it's own rules so, check it out before hand.  Personally, I've seen people get prescriptions for nearly everything.
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No, it's not. ONLY a Dr can sign off on them. If you do and get caught you could face charges of practicing medicine without a license