Three accused scammers who forged nearly 100 prescriptions to get promethazine, codeine, hydrocodone and other pharmaceuticals confessed to Medicaid fraud in federal court Thursday.
Kevan Andre Hills, Devin Tyrone Stampley Jr. and Asia Deshan Guess stood before U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson during a hearing inside the U.S. Middle District Courthouse in Baton Rouge.
All three pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, U.S. Attorney April Leon said in a news release Friday announcing the convictions. Hills, 31, and Stampley, 33, copped to additional charges of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Guess, 28, confessed to theft of government funds. Hills, identified by prosecutors in court documents as “Dr. Codeine,” also pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary of a pharmacy…