A former Margate firefighter who admitted his role in a $50 million prescription fraud scheme will spend a year in federal prison. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Michael Sher, of Northfield, pleaded guilty in March 2018 to conspiring to defraud a health care benefit program. Sher also is subject to three years of supervised release and must pay $7 million in restitution.
Sher and his two brothers, John and Tom Sher, were brought into a scheme started by William Hickman, a local pharmaceutical salesman, for the purpose of using government employees to have compound medications, including vitamins and libido creams, earn them money, according to the complaint document.