212: Melissa Osborne – Diluted Trust, Chemo Pharmacy Fraud

FBI Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Government

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Former agent Melissa Osborne, a licensed pharmacist prior to her appointment, reviews the FBI major case code named Diluted Trust. The investigation involved Robert Courtney, a Kansas City pharmacist who diluted cancer drugs that he prepared for physicians. Robert Courtney pleaded guilty to intentionally diluting 98,000 prescriptions given to 4,200 patients. He was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The Diluted Trust case has been a topic on an episode of "American Greed" called "Deadly Rx for Greed" and a documentary on the Oxygen Network show called "License to Kill."

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 212 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.
0:11.8	I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the
0:15.3	FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case
0:21.4	reviews with former colleagues.
0:23.7	Today we get to speak to former agent Melissa Osborne
0:28.7	who served in the FBI for six years.
0:31.7	During her bureau career, Melissa, a licensed pharmacist prior to her
0:36.6	appointment worked on a white-collar crime squad in the Kansas City Field Office, investigating
0:42.2	health care fraud, telemarketing fraud, and intellectual property rights.
0:47.0	Melissa was also a member of the Kansas City Field Office Evidence Response Team, ERT.
0:53.4	In this episode, Melissa reviews the FBI Major Case
0:58.3	Code Name Deluded Trust.
1:00.6	The investigation involved a Kansas City pharmacist, Robert Courtney, who diluted cancer drugs that he prepared for physicians.
1:09.0	As a licensed pharmacist, Melissa Osborne lent her expertise to the chemo pharmacy fraud investigation.
1:17.8	Robert Courtney pled guilty to intentionally diluting 98,000 prescriptions given to 4,200 patients.
1:27.0	Melissa left the FBI in 2003 and returned to her former profession as a pharmacist.
1:35.0	Melissa was awarded the 2008 National Community Pharmacy Association's Preceptor of the Year Award for her work as a preceptor
1:46.9	to Pharmacy students sharing with them lessons learned from the Deluded Trust case.
1:53.2	Melissa is working on a book about the investigation.
1:57.1	I'm excited to present this case.
2:00.4	My very first health care fraud case review. I hope you enjoy the episode. In this
2:06.2	episode's show notes I will include a link to a brand new documentary that came out in September 2020 about the case.
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