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Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds
Hudson Pharmacy Owner's Son Admits Role In $99M Kickback Scheme Uncovered By Feds The son of a former Union City pharmacy co-owner admitted his role Thursday in a multimillion-dollar scheme to boost prescription sales by paying kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals. Alex Fleyshmakher, 34, of Morganville, worked for his father, Igor Fleyshmakher of Holmdel, at Prime Aid in Union City. He was also an on-paper owner of Prime Aid Bronx, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Operating out of both locations, the now-defunct Prime Aid Pharmacies processed expensive medications used to treat various conditions, including Hepatitis C, Crohn’s disease, and rheum…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paramus Man Who Owned WNY Pharmacy Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Bribery Paramus Man Who Owned WNY Pharmacy Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Bribery
Paramus Man Who Owned WNY Pharmacy Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Bribery A Paramus man who owned a now-closed pharmacy in West New York admitted bribing a psychiatrist and defrauding public and private insurers in a scheme involving high-priced medications, the U.S. Attorney said Monday.  Eduard Shtindler, 36, carried out the bribery scheme for five years beginning in 2012. Schtindler, the owner of the shuttered Empire Pharmacy, sent employees to deliver the payments -- sometimes in the form of $100 bills stuffed into pill bottles -- to the Hudson County psychiatrist in exchange for steering patients to Empire.  Schintdler was heard on a recording refe…

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by Paul Milo
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WIRED: Feds Charge Pharmacy Owner From Paramus In $5M Fraud, Bribery Schemes WIRED: Feds Charge Pharmacy Owner From Paramus In $5M Fraud, Bribery Schemes
Wired: Feds Charge Pharmacy Owner From Paramus In $5M Fraud, Bribery Schemes A former Hudson County pharmacy owner from Paramus bribed a local doctor with $100 bills stuffed into pill bottles to steer patients to his business, said federal authorities who took him into custody on Friday -- thanks, in part, to conversations secretly recorded by the FBI. Eduard “Eddy” Shtindler, 36, also produced bogus documents that generated even more income, raking in nearly $5 million in illegal proceeds through both schemes combined, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said in announcing his arrest by the FBI. Federal agents raided Shtindler’s since-closed Empire Pharmacy on Bergenline…

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by Jerry DeMarco