Kentucky
Former Kentucky lawmaker sentenced to prison in fraud case
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky lawmaker Robert Goforth was sentenced Monday to 2 years and one month in federal jail for well being care fraud and cash laundering.
Goforth, who resigned from the Kentucky Home in 2021, additionally faces two years of supervised launch, media retailers reported.
Goforth ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 2019.
Goforth pleaded responsible in Could 2022, admitting {that a} pharmacy he owned in Clay County billed insurance coverage applications, together with Medicare and Medicaid, for prescriptions that clients didn’t choose up, in line with courtroom data. The pharmacy multiplied earnings by shopping for a dose of drugs as soon as after which “successfully promoting it a number of instances,” in line with Goforth’s plea settlement.
Goforth must pay $2.7 million in restitution for the fraud and $10,000 in fines. As of Monday, he had paid greater than $1 million in restitution, in line with courtroom testimony.
U.S. District Decide Robert Wier imposed the sentence at a federal courthouse in Laurel County. Wier stated the sentence ought to function a deterrent to others within the well being care system who try and abuse the belief of others.
In a tearful assertion, Goforth instructed Wier that he was ashamed of what he had achieved and apologized to his victims and his household.