The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 276 No 7383 p34
14 January 2006

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Fraudulent pharmacist must repay over £200,000

Defrauding the NHS has resulted in the confiscation of over £200,000 from a Yorkshire pharmacist.

Mohammed Shabir, of Wigton Lane, Leeds, was jailed last year for nine months after being convicted of defrauding the NHS of £464 by retaining prescription charges collected from patients and making false exemption claims on their behalf (PJ, 20 August 2005, p216).

Now, the Assets Recovery Agency and the National Health Service Counter Fraud Service have obtained a confiscation order for £212,464.17 plus £2,600 costs. Mr Shabir must pay the money within four months or face a further two years in jail.