Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $5.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

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A Michigan man pleaded guilty to defrauding health care benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, by billing for prescription medications that he never dispensed and providing unlawful prescriptions of oxycodone to drug traffickers in exchange for cash. The scheme, which occurred from 2019 through 2022, involved a pharmacy technician at three metro-Detroit pharmacies.

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Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $5.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

Media Coverage · April 30, 2026

Ali Naserdean, a 32-year-old pharmacy technician from Michigan, pleaded guilty to a $5.6 million health care fraud scheme and illegal distribution of oxycodone. He and his co-conspirator submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for prescription drugs that were never dispensed. The scheme involved forged prescriptions from doctors who had never seen the patients.

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• • Health care fraud
• • Medicare and Medicaid fraud
• • Oxycodone distribution

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Ali Naserdean, a 32-year-old pharmacy technician from Michigan, pleaded guilty to a $5.6 million health care fraud scheme and illegal distribution of oxycodone. He and his co-conspirator submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for p

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A Michigan man pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding health care benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, by billing for prescription medications that he never dispensed and providing unlawful prescriptions of oxycodone to drug traffickers in exchange for cash. According to court documents, Ali Naserdean, 32, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was a pharmacy technician at three metro-Detroit pharmacies. From 2019 through 2022, Naserdean and his co-conspirator submitted false and fraudulen

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Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $5.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

Ali Naserdean, a 32-year-old pharmacy technician from Michigan, pleaded guilty to a $5.6 million health care fraud scheme and illegal distribution of oxycodone. He and his co-conspirator submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for prescription drugs that were never dispensed. The scheme involved forged prescriptions from doctors who had never seen the patients.

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Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $5.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

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Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $5.6M Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

A Michigan man pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding health care benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, by billing for prescription medications that he never dispensed and providing unlawful prescriptions of …

Apr 30, 2026 · 4 min read