Ex-San Diego Marine Sentenced in $65 Million Military Healthcare Fraud

SAN DIEGO—A former Marine who took part in a scheme to defraud the military health program TRICARE out of more than $65 million was sentenced April 12 to 21 months in federal prison. Joshua Morgan, 31, who was based out of Miramar Air Station, recruited fellow servicemembers and their dependents to seek compounded medications through fake prescriptions. which were paid by TRICARE. Prosecutors say Mr. Morgan contributed to nearly $4.5 million in losses through beneficiaries he recruited. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Mr. Morgan and others worked for Jimmy and Ashley Collins, a married couple that owned and operated a Tennessee medical clinic. Two doctors and a nurse practitioner at the clinic, Choice MD, wrote prescriptions for TRICARE beneficiaries who they never met or examined....