BREAKING NEWS: MIDDLE TOWNSHIP TEACHER ADMITS TO PRESCRIPTION FRAUD SCHEME

A social studies teacher in the Middle Township School District admitted Friday that he was part of a multi-million dollar prescription fraud scheme.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that 46 year old Shawn Sypherd of Upper Township admitted to orchestrating $2.4 million in fraudulent prescription drug benefits through the state’s health benefits program.  He will be sentenced in June and faces up to ten years in prison.