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Former St. Elizabeths Hospital Chief Pharmacist Pleads Guilty

By Robert David, Esq.

On January 9, 2008, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor announced that Raymond Jackson, former Chief Pharmacist at St. Elizabeths Hospital, pleaded guilty to stealing $95,000 of medication from the hospital. Taylor waived his right to be be indicted by a federal grand jury and instead entered a plea agreement a one count information charging him with theft or embezzlement in connection with health care in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 669. Jackson, 48, of Ashford Drive, Waldorf, Maryland, will face up to ten years of incarceration when he is sentenced by the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan on May 2, 2008. Under the federal sentencing guidelines, the advisory sentence Jackson faces is between 24 and 30 months in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).