Tennessee Man Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Case Involving Controlled Substances
Des Moines, IA – On October 22, 2009, Douglas McCoy Shreve, Jr., 52, Cordova, Tennessee, appeared before United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner and was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years Supervised Release, announced United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker. United States District Judge James E. Gritzner also ordered Shreve to pay a special assessment of $300 to the Crime Victim Fund and $26,000 in restitution.
Shreve had entered a plea of guilty to Defrauding a Health Care Benefit Program and Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, etc.
Shreve was indicted on June 24, 2008, charging him with Defrauding a Health Care Benefit Program and Acquiring a Controlled Substance by Misrepresentation, Fraud, Forgery, etc. in the Southern District of Iowa. Shreve will be in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole under the federal system.
“We have seen similar cases before, where individuals obtain controlled substances by fraud for illicit use by themselves or others. The cost of their unnecessary medical procedures and prescriptions results in higher insurance premium costs for the rest of us,” according to Jared Kirby , investigator on the Shreve case for the Iowa Insurance Fraud Bureau.
United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker stated the investigation was conducted by the Iowa Insurance Fraud Bureau, and the Division of Narcotics Enforcement. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.
If you’d like to know more about the Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s ‘Prescription Monitoring Program’ (PMP), please refer to their website at: http://www.iowa.gov/ibpe/pmp/pmp_info.html