The gang extorted millions on “reimbursement of medicines”. 40 thousand prescription for fictitious patient data

The nationwide activities of the services led to the breakdown of a gang extorting money from the budget of the National Health Fund. Due to the reimbursement of drugs, the gang extorted PLN 82 million.

Investigators found that the gang members from September 2022 to December 2024 submitted nearly 40,000 to the National Health Fund. prescriptions, some of which were issued to fictitious patient data.

– The value of ingredients for the preparation of prescription drugs was inflated, which allowed to obtain an undue refund. In this way, at least PLN 82 million was extorted from the NFZ budget – said a spokesman for the Central Police Investigation Bureau. Krzysztof Wrześniowski.

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The services detained 21 people in the Pomeranian and Mazowieckie voivodships, including doctors, owners and pharmacies and entrepreneurs from the medical industry. CBŚP officers, acting together with NFZ controllers and representatives of pharmaceutical inspectorates, searched dozens of real estate. They secured documents, data carriers and property worth over PLN 2.5 million, including cash, gold, jewelry, exclusive watches and cars.

The detainees heard allegations of managing and participating in an organized criminal group and fraud. At the request of the prosecutor's office, the court applied arrest for eight suspects for three months. Other people got police supervision, property guarantees, contact bans and bans of leaving the country.

The case is developmental – investigators do not rule out further detention.

The campaign on the order of the prosecutor of the Department of Investigation of the District Prosecutor's Office in Zielona Góra was conducted by officers of the Central Police Investigation Bureau in cooperation with the National Health Fund controllers and voivodship pharmaceutical inspectorates from Gdańsk and Warsaw.

The operation was preceded by the collection of evidence for months. He was also transferred to the prosecutor's office thanks to cooperation with employees of the NFZ Control Department and the General Inspector of Financial Information. (PAP)

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