Dehshid “David” Nourian, 62, of Plano, Texas, has been sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison and ordered to pay over $115 million in restitution for his involvement in a $145 million healthcare fraud scheme. On March 6, 2025, the court also ordered the forfeiture of $405 million in assets connected to Nourian’s fraud and money laundering activities.
Nourian and others conspired to pay doctors to prescribe medically unnecessary compound creams to injured federal workers. Nourian owned and operated three pharmacies in Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas. Investigators revealed that the compounds, costing about $15 per prescription to produce, were billed to the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (DOL-OWCP) for as much as $16,000 per prescription. Patients testified that the creams were ineffective, and some experienced painful skin rashes.
“This sentence represents the unwavering commitment of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office to hold those who commit domestic violence and other violent crimes accountable,” said Sheriff Kevin Rambosk.
The pharmacies billed DOL-OWCP and Blue Cross Blue Shield over $145 million between May 2014 and March 2017, receiving more than $90 million in payments for unnecessary prescriptions. Nourian and his associates laundered the funds through holding companies and attempted to evade paying $24 million in federal income taxes.
In November 2023, a federal jury in the Northern District of Texas convicted Nourian of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud, conspiracy to launder money, money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the United States by evading taxes.
The forfeiture order included $395 million in brokerage accounts, over $2 million in bank accounts, real estate in Dallas and Austin valued at $8 million, and a BMW luxury vehicle.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, DOL-OIG, VA-OIG, and IRS-CI. The Justice Department’s Criminal Division’s Fraud Section prosecuted the case.
