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Criminal Investigation | July 30, 2020

Health Care Executive Sentenced to 20 Years in TRICARE Fraud Case

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The health care executive at the center of a $70 million compounded pain and scar cream fraud has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. In December 2019, after six days of deliberation, a federal jury convicted John Paul Cooper, 56, of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of receipt of illegal kickbacks, and six counts of payment of illegal kickbacks. Mr. Cooper was sentenced Tuesday by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.