The owner of a Newark, N.J., pharmacy was sentenced April 6 in connection with an investigation into pharmacy owners and employees fraudulently filling prescriptions.

Two pharmacy technicians from Essex County, N.J., pleaded guilty for their role in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by buying prescription forms for HIV/AIDS drugs from indigent patients.

A former employee of an Essex County, N.J., insurance company was sentenced to 364 days in jail in connection with her role in a three-person scheme to steal more than $94,100 by filing fraudulent disability insurance claims.