UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. RAEF HAMAED, Registered Pharmacist (25-1056/1353); TAREK FAKHURI, Registered Pharmacist (25-1099); ALI ABDELRAZZAQ, Registered Pharmacist (25-1104); KINDY GHUSSIN, Registered Pharmacist (25-1157) - Articles

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. RAEF HAMAED, Registered Pharmacist (25-1056/1353); TAREK FAKHURI, Registered Pharmacist (25-1099); ALI ABDELRAZZAQ, Registered Pharmacist (25-1104); KINDY GHUSSIN, Registered Pharmacist (25-1157)

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 12, 2026

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Andrew Goetz, MILLER JOHNSON, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Raef Hamaed.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Mark K. Kriger, LARENE & KRIGER, P.L.C., Detroit Michigan, for Appellant Tarek Fakhuri. James R. Gerometta, LAW OFFICE OF JAMES R. GEROMETTA, Lake Orion, Michigan, for Appellant Ali Abelrazzaq.

Attorneys 3: ARGUED: Kassem M. Dakhlallah, HAMMOUD, DAKHLALLAH & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Dearborn, Michigan, for Appellant Kindy Ghussin. Tory D. Roberts, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Andrew Goetz, MILLER JOHNSON, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Raef Hamaed.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: Kassem M. Dakhlallah, HAMMOUD, DAKHLALLAH & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Dearborn, Michigan, for Appellant Kindy Ghussin.

Attorneys 6: ON BRIEF: Tory D. Roberts, Jeremy R. Sanders, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Judge(s): MOORE, THAPAR, and MATHIS, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

MATHIS, Circuit Judge. Six pharmacists operating five pharmacies engaged in a years- long scheme to bill their patients’ insurers for prescriptions they did not dispense. After a grand jury charged them with numerous offenses, including conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, Raef Hamaed, Kindy Ghussin, Ali Abdelrazzaq, and Tarek Fakhuri exercised their right to a jury trial. A jury convicted each of them on one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud and convicted Fakhuri on one count of healthcare fraud. Defendants appeal their convictions. Hamaed, Ghussin, and Abdelrazzaq also challenge aspects of their respective sentences. Because Defendants have not shown a reversible error, we affirm.

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