Ex-San Diego Marine Sentenced in $65 Million Military Healthcare Fraud

Ex-San Diego Marine Sentenced in $65 Million Military Healthcare Fraud
Bottles of prescription pills in Washington, in a file photo. Eric Baradata/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—A former Marine who took part in a scheme to defraud the military health program TRICARE out of more than $65 million was sentenced April 12 to 21 months in federal prison.

Joshua Morgan, 31, who was based out of Miramar Air Station, recruited fellow servicemembers and their dependents to seek compounded medications through fake prescriptions. which were paid by TRICARE.

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