California Pharmacist Sentenced 15 Years for Her Role in 11 Million Scheme

LOS ANGELES — A former Orange County pharmacist was sentenced April 3 to 15 years behind bars for her role in a healthcare fraud scheme that bilked the U.S. military’s healthcare plan out of more than $11 million. Sandy Mai Trang Nguyen, 43, of Irvine, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered her to pay over $11,000,000 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Nguyen was convicted in November in Los Angeles of 21 counts of healthcare fraud, and one count of obstruction of a federal audit. The scheme involved the filling of…