The owners of 888 Pharmacy Inc. and Huikang Pharmacy Inc. are being charged with submitting approximately $26 million in fraudulent health care claims.
Two Brooklyn pharmacy owners are being charged with allegedly conspiring to bribe customers and doctors, as well as submitting approximately $26 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
Taesung “Terry” Kim (58) and Dacheng “Bruce” Lu (44), both from New York, have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to pay illegal health care kickbacks and bribes, after an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn on May 2.
The charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.
According to court records, Kim and Lu jointly owned and operated four pharmacies, which include:
Between January 2015 and December 2022, Kim and Lu allegedly conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for the dispensing of pharmaceutical and over-the-counter products that were medically unnecessary, procured by the payment of kickbacks and bribes, or not provided.
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