PORTLAND — A former pharmacist for PIN Rx pleaded guilty today in federal court to kickback and tax charges.
Reginald S. Gracie Jr., 40, of Bowdoin was charged with corruptly soliciting and receiving kickbaks as an agent of an organization that receives federal funds.
PIN Rx was a mail-order pharmacy operated by the Penobscot Nation in 2005 and 2006. Gracie was accused of soliciting and receiving more than $120,000 from six companies that sold prescription drugs, including controlled substances, over the Internet.
In court, Gracie admitted to receiving $8,760 that was wired to his personal bank account in exchange for having PIN Rx fill 975 prescriptions.
Gracie also admitted to filing a false federal corporate tax return for Gracie Enterprises Inc. for 2007 that underreported gross receipts by about $32,000 and overstated corporate deductions. He also admitted to filing a false individual income tax return that did not report kickbacks he received.
Gracie faces up to 10 years in prison on the kickback charge and up to three years on the tax charges.
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