On Tuesday, August 13th, 2019, Peter Frazzano, 46, admitted to participating in a health care fraud scheme involving the submission of fraudulent claims for compounding prescriptions. Frazzano pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Frazzano has also agreed to forfeit over $270,000 and pay a restitution fee of nearly $3 million.
According to the Department of Justice, Frazzano and an additional individual involved in the scheme recruited a physician to sign prescriptions for compounding drugs. These prescriptions were ordered for unsuspecting individuals who were never examined or spoken to regarding the drugs.
Once the prescriptions were issued, Frazzano fraudulently billed multiple health insurance organizations, including the New Jersey State Health Benefits plan. The compound prescriptions Frazzano billed these plans for were mainly pain creams, scar creams, and metabolic supplements.
Frazzano is scheduled to be sentenced for his participation in the health care fraud scheme on November 19th, 2019.
The investigation was performed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the leadership of Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark, New Jersey.
