13 Charged in Pharmacy Scandal – Allegedly Defrauded Regions of Millions

svt Nyheter

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Thirteen people are accused of defrauding taxpayers in several regions of millions of kronor. Several of the suspects are doctors and pharmacists. Today, those involved in the pharmacy scandal – which was unraveled after SVT Nyheter Stockholm's revelations this spring – are being charged.

Dagens industri

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Five private doctors, two nurses and two pharmacy owners are being charged with defrauding taxpayers of millions of kronor. Using hundreds of fake certificates, they allegedly got the Swedish Medical Products Agency and the regions to approve incorrect prescriptions of the subsidized drug Myobloc.

nsd.se

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13 people, including six doctors, are being charged in a major fraud case in which a pharmacy in Stockholm is suspected of having made millions of kronor from a licensed drug for excessive sweating. The Norrbotten region is one of the affected regions, and is suspected of having been defrauded of 120,000 kronor.

dalademokraten.se

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Thirteen people connected to a pharmacy in Stockholm are now being charged with fraud - including against the Dalarna Region.

Dagens Medicin

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Thirteen people are being charged with defrauding 15 million kronor through pharmaceutical fraud with the botox-like preparation Myobloc.