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Pardoned pharmacist seeks return of restitution

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A local pharmacist pardoned by former President Donald Trump on his last day in office has filed suit to recover more than half a million dollars paid in his name for restitution.

John Duncan Fordham was arrested, tried and convicted in a health care fraud case led by former Georgia Rep. Robin W...

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  1. Hubris on top of chutzpah! A presidential pardon is not an exoneration and expungement of the criminal record. He is still guilty. Fordham voluntarily surrendered his pharmacist license, RPH012859, in September 2005, when revocation by the GA Board of Pharmacy was probably imminent. In 1992, he was disciplined and fined $2,500 for failure to maintain accurate records for controlled substances. https://gadch.mylicense.com/verification/Search.aspx
    https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-26/chapter-4/article-4/26-4-60/

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