USA v. Mortazavi et al

  1. February 18, 2026

    Government Drops Case Over Referrals-For-Kickback Scheme

    A Texas federal judge tossed an indictment accusing about a dozen physicians and pharmacists of running a sprawling patient referral scheme, ending allegations that the pharmacists gave the doctors kickbacks in exchange for expensive prescriptions fillable at specific pharmacies.

  2. February 22, 2024

    Texas Pharmacists Paid Doctors Kickbacks, Prosecutors Say

    Dallas federal prosecutors have accused about a dozen doctors and pharmacists of a patient referral scheme, saying in an indictment entered Thursday that the pharmacists gave the doctors kickbacks in exchange for expensive prescriptions fillable at specific pharmacies.