Posted on 08/12/2020 5:34:23 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
A former Air Force officer has been sentenced to two years behind bars for her role in a nationwide scheme to defraud the military's health program, Tricare, of billions of dollars.
Maj. Romeatrius Moss, 40, pleaded guilty Oct. 15, 2019, to accepting kickbacks for referring patients at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to civilian pharmacies that specialized in compounded medications; she faced up to five years in prison.
Moss admitted to giving service members and other patients at the base medical clinic pre-printed prescription pads and encouraging them to ask their doctors for specialty medications -- compounded personalized prescriptions for pain and other ailments.
She then sent the prescriptions to specific pharmacies and received a portion of the Tricare reimbursement paid to the pharmacies for those scripts.
Moss was sentenced Monday to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release; she was also ordered to pay $622,459 -- the amount she made in the scheme -- in restitution, according to the Justice Department.
As part of her plea agreement, she also must give up her $750,000 house in Enid, Oklahoma; a 2016 Porsche Cayenne; and a 2000 Fleetwood Pace Arrow recreational vehicle.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
Her name sounds like she is one of the oppressed classes.
Living pretty large for a Captain.
Maj. Romeatrius Moss......................Stopped reading right there....................
As part of her plea agreement, she also must give up her $750,000 house in Enid, Oklahoma; a 2016 Porsche Cayenne; and a 2000 Fleetwood Pace Arrow recreational vehicle.
Very frequently we found that some physicians abuse this and somehow end up with a high percentage of patients who need these custom made medications. Usually if you dig deep enough, they or a family member will have a financial stake in the pharmacy they have produce the medication.
>> Her name sounds like she is one of the oppressed classes.
Oh, geez - read the article - it gets better. She’s founder of the “Black Nurses Rock Foundation”. I went to Air Force flight school in Enid. A $750,000 house in that pleasant little town is a real standout!
Don’t look, yes she is...
Major now. Old pic.
The Porche is a 2016 model, makes one wonder how long this scam has been going on.
I go to the doc in a town nearly 30 miles away because just about all the “docs” here are pain clinics aka drug pushers. Easy scam to pull off. Who is to say how bad your pain is?
... and while you’re at it, check out the Major’s house. Google up:
2519 W. Chestnut Ave., Enid, OK 73703
It sold for $941,000 in 2015.
“Romeatrius”
I figured I had the ethnicity pegged but I missed the gander.
Where in the world do these names come from
Moss is one of the highest-ranking service members to be convicted in the fraud scheme to date. She earned a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and is the founder of Black Nurses Rock, a foundation that supports African-American nurses. Moss also ran a consulting and career coaching business while serving in the Air Force.
Amazing, so much opportunity in America. (But don't tell anyone).
Gender not gander
“so much opportunity in America”
For some its an opportunity to be a grifter
Well... that is on the west side of town...
Interesting. Thanks for the insight.
She’s on track for a career in politics. Expect to see her running for congress. She would fit right in with the rest of the corruptocrats.
Yep. A $750,000 house and a Porsche Cayenne on a nurse’s pay? I wonder what tipped the investigators off.
I don't think a photo is necessary here.
You can’t take the feral out of these integrity -free ferals. What a pathetic oaf and loser.
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