Pharmacist and Indian-origin employee jailed for six years for defrauding the UK's NHS

Pharmacist Jigish Patel and his employee Rahil Patel were each sentenced to six years in prison in a case of defrauding the UK's National Health Service (NHS) of £1.3 million. They were convicted of three counts of fraud by false representation and two counts of transferring criminal property. The ruling illustrates the scale of financial exploitation of the prescription system in Britain.

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• The two defendants were convicted of three counts of fraud by false representation and two counts of transferring criminal property.

  «were both found guilty of three counts of fraud by false representation and two counts of converting criminal property»

  Hindustan Times
• The two defendants used forged prescriptions to obtain expensive medicines and sold them to European pharmaceutical distributors.

  «used fake prescriptions to obtain high-cost medicines and sell them to European pharmaceutical wholesalers»

  Firstpost
• Investigators uncovered 1,639 fraudulent prescriptions in the case.

  «investigators uncovering 1,639 fraudulent prescriptions»

  Firstpost

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