NEW JERSEY — A woman is being charged with a multimillion-dollar insurance scam after filing false claims about drugs her pharmacies never shipped to customers, federal officials in New Jersey said.
Authorities have arrested Aysha Khan on charges related to a year-long fraud scheme to the tune of nearly $10 million, U.S. Attorney Phillip Sellinger announced. The 33-year-old man was arrested and was scheduled to appear before a judge in Newark federal court on Friday.
The Kinnelon, New Jersey woman allegedly runs four “specialty pharmacies” in New York, New Jersey, Texas and Florida, which provide drugs used to treat conditions including hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Federal investigators allege that Khan billed health insurance providers between 2015 and 2022 for drugs that his pharmacies never dispensed. Frequently, pharmacies would have charged providers to refill prescriptions that the staff never intended to dispense.
Two of Khan’s alleged operations were performed at Metro Pharmacy in Queens and Golden Pharmacy in Garfield, New Jersey.
In some cases, the feds alleged, staff became aware of insurance billing problems and tried to correct the orders, but Khan and several unnamed co-conspirators intervened to keep the scheme running.
An indictment against Khan charges the 33-year-old with one count of committing health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud, each carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Contact information for Khan’s legal representation was not immediately available.
