Final Medoc Defendant Sentenced in $4.4 Million Prescription Kickback Scheme
US Department of Justice, Northern District of Texas, September 12, 2024
The final defendant in the Medoc kickback conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to 10 months in federal prison for his role in a prescription kickback scheme that cost federal insurance programs more than $4.4 million, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.
The first indictment was filed in January 2020. Those sentenced include:
- Kevin Douglas Kuykendall, cofounder of Medoc Health Services, sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
- Sabrina Burmester Kuykendall, Kevin’s wife, sentenced to 36 months’ probation and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
- Mark David Schneider, cofounder of Medoc Health Services, sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
- Michael Ray Schneider, sentenced to 14 months in prison and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
- Trenton Lynn Moody, sentenced to 12 months and 1 day in prison and ordered to pay $257,500 in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
- Cuong “Michael” Nguyen, founder of Total RX pharmacy, sentenced to 10 months in prison for misprision (concealment) of a felony and paid in restitution in the amount of $591,142
- Moky Chung, sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution for conspiracy to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks
According to court documents, Medoc conspirators knowingly solicited illegal kickbacks from Total RX, a Rowlett pharmacy that was struggling to stay afloat.
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