By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A south Alabama doctor has become the 30th person charged in what federal authorities describe as a fraud scheme involving a north Alabama pharmacy.
Dr. Michelle Martine Jackson of Fairhope was indicted on charges including conspiracy to receive kickbacks and fraud, according to a news release on Friday.
Jackson worked out of two clinics in Mobile, the statement said, and the charges are related to Global Compounding Pharmacy, which was based in Haleyville. Jackson allegedly got kickbacks in exchange for writing unnecessary prescriptions.
Court records didn’t list a defense lawyer for Jackson, who is due in court for a hearing on Aug. 13.
Two dozen of those charged in the case have pleaded guilty including the pharmacy’s chief executive and its chief operating officer.