‘Trusted’ pharmacist robs taxpayers of $300k

News.com.au - 16/07
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Felix Yue-Sing Chan worked hard to buy three pharmacies to manage after 12 years in the industry, but his pride quickly turned to fear as increased competition and the Covid-19 pandemic left him drowning in financial stress.

Feeling “aggrieved” against the person who sold him the businesses, shopping centre management and Medicare, he felt “entitlement to artificially inflate his business performance”.

Over two years, he used the identities of real patients and doctors to steal $288,595 from the Australian government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)....
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