A Utah couple went on a shopping spree for prescriptions and now they’re facing serious charges. The couple went to a doctor for pain they didn’t have.
Joe Christensen: “They were both going to doctors separately and sharing the drugs.”
Money-wise, this is the biggest case of prescription drug fraud investigators have seen, but the crime of ‘doctor shopping’ is happening more and more, and it’s costing insurance companies big.
Authorities say Tonya Green shared an illegal pastime with her husband.
Joe Christensen, Dir., Utah Insurance Fraud Division: “They would go to multiple doctors to receive narcotics under the guise that they needed pain medication, and not tell their doctors they were seeing other doctors also.”
