BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme that submitted nearly $900,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims for unnecessary and illegal prescriptions, U.S. Department of Justice officials announced on Friday.
Boca Raton resident Steven Anthony Churchill, 39, and Samson Kollelil Solomon, 28, of Pompano Beach, each received 24-month prison sentences after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
Fawn Lickteig, 46, of Lawrence, Kansas, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 10, 2026, according to court documents. The sentencing took place in Topeka, Kansas.
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The scheme involved Free State Pharmacy, a mail-order pharmacy in Lawrence, Kansas, that billed Medicare while representing itself as a retail pharmacy, the Justice Department announcement said.
Churchill purchased the pharmacy in March 2020 under the name of a deceased co-conspirator.
The pharmacy contracted with Lickteig's company, Pharmacy Consulting, to prepare and submit applications to Medicare and other government health care entities.
According to court documents, the pharmacy obtained patient names and addresses from telemedicine companies and filled and shipped prescriptions even though the prescribing physicians had not physically examined the patients or conducted proper telemedicine visits.
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