Private Hospital Employees Arrested in Scheme Involving Fake Prescriptions for Obesity Medication.
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Among the four people now detained by the Judicial Police are two employees of a private hospital who falsified medical prescriptions for various types of medicines, including some indicated for diabetics, and then bought them at reduced prices and resell them illegally.
Among the detainees, there are two employees of a private hospital. Medicines were put for sale in the parallel market.
The Porto Judicial Police detained four people who sold diabetic drugs also used to lose weight.
Police arrest four in suspected obesity medication forgery scam
Portugal’s Judicial Police (PJ) have arrested four people in the Greater Porto area, including two employees of a private hospital, on suspicion of forging medical prescriptions to obtain subsidised medicines The post Police arrest four in suspected obesity medication forgery scam appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The Polícia Judiciária (Portuguese Criminal Investigation Police) estimates that the scheme may have generated hundreds of thousands of euros in profit. Two of the four detainees held administrative positions at a private hospital in the Porto region.
Suspects will have falsified prescriptions for medicines that they purchased at shared prices and then sold more expensive in the parallel market.
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