Michael Shawn Boaz, a licensed pharmacist, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and is set to appear in federal court in connection with a federal investigation. Boaz owned Clinton Pharmacy and his associate, Christopher Clayton Augustus, who provided pharmacist services, owned Bardwell Pharmacy with him.
The two were charged by a grand jury in U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky at Paducah with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, multiple counts of health care fraud related to fraudulent prescriptions, and one count each of aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents, the grand jury alleged that between June 2017 and September 2021, Boaz and Augustus conspired to falsely and fraudulently bill various health care benefit programs for medications that were not prescribed. It was reported that health care benefit programs were billed in excess of $1 million. Additionally, the two were accused of using the identity of a nurse practitioner without authority.
The potential penalties for these charges include 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release for each count. This is an ongoing story that is still developing.
