12 years in prison for fraud with cancer drugs

essen - A 48-year-old apothecary from Bottrop, Germany, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for smoking with cancer drugs for more than a thousand patients. The court in Essen found that the man rummaged with more than 14,000 medicines to maintain his luxury lifestyle.

According to the Public Prosecution Service, he provided inferior medicines and infusions, but he declared the original medicines to insurers. By stating the price difference in his pocket, according to the prosecutor, he could, among other things, afford a villa with water slide.

In addition to the prison sentence, the court imposed a lifelong professional ban on him. The man was silent during the trial, but his lawyer asked for acquittal. The medicine scandal was revealed by two of his employees. They received the German prize for whistleblowers for their revelations last year.

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