Judge 'at a loss' over pharmacy owner's decision to defraud HSE
The former owner of a chain of pharmacies may receive community service for fraudulently obtaining payments from the HSEâs Primary Care Reimbursement Service, a court has heard. John Corr (55) owned five pharmacies which made duplicate claims for reimbursement from the scheme, which is responsible for making payments to healthcare professionals like GPs, dentists and pharmacists, for the free or reduced costs services they provide to the public. Corr, of Vergemount Hall, Clonskeagh, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to seven counts of dishonestly inducing the HSE scheme ...