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Tarek Fakhuri was one of four pharmacists who billed Medicare , Medicaid , and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for prescription medications they did not dispense.
The crime involved three pharmacies in Michigan and two in Ohio .
Collectively, the defendants caused more than $13 million in losses to Medicare and Medicaid .
The FBI Detroit Field Office and Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General investigated.
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