Owner of after-hours service used GP’s provider number in $465,000 Medicare fraud
A would-be after-hours entrepreneur who defrauded nearly $465,000 from Medicare using the provider number of a GP who turned down his job offer has been…
Tag: Criminal court
Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for GP’s manslaughter
The man who pleaded guilty to Dr Peter Dunne’s manslaughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a non-parole period of eight years.…
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after GP’s ‘senseless’ death
The man who drove into GP Dr Peter Dunne five years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Thomas Hill, 37, was a neighbour of Dr…
Fake doctor used ‘dangerous dose’ of anaesthetic in fatal breast procedure, jury told
A botched breast augmentation by a fake doctor that caused the death of a woman in a Sydney clinic was a “mistake” and not due…
GP avoids prison over $318,000 Medicare fraud due to ‘very unusual case’
A former GP who collected $318,000 in rebates for fake bulk-billed Medicare services has received a three-year prison sentence, which has been wholly suspended because…
‘Reckless’ pharmacist banned after netting $42,000 in PBS fertility drug fraud
A “reckless” pharmacist has been banned for five years, nearly a decade after he defrauded the PBS of $42,000 by submitting fake claims for fertility…
GP pleads guilty to attempted murder of six-year-old with neurological disorder
A GP accused of aiding a mother’s attempt to kill her six-year-old daughter with a prescription drug has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, according to…
Suspension overturned for intern accused of sexual assault as a student
A WA tribunal replaced the suspension - relating to an alleged assault of a fellow medical student - with conditions on the doctor's registration.<…
GP was ‘accidentally entangled’ in criminal insurance scam
The GP will be allowed to return to practise despite two convictions on fraud offences.
Pharmacist jailed over $19-million PBS fraud
Sydney-based Hamza Zoghbi used some of the funds to buy a house, designer brands and take a $250,000 family holiday.
