▁wh oles al ers ▁ ▁were ▁controlled ▁by ▁Stephen ▁Manuel ▁Costa , ▁a ▁ 2 7 - year - old ▁Florida ▁resident ▁who ▁incorpor ated ▁four ▁separate ▁entities ▁as ▁lic ensed ▁“ wh oles ale ” ▁distrib utors , ▁alleg edly ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁dis gu ise ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁di vert ed ▁medic ations . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁Costa ▁furn ished ▁millions ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁market ▁H IV ▁medic ations ▁to ▁various ▁entities ▁including ▁MO MS ▁who ▁disp ensed ▁the ▁medic ations ▁to ▁their ▁patients , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁Med ica id ▁recip ients . ▁All ion , ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁corpor ate ▁management , ▁continued ▁to ▁bill ▁Med ica id , ▁claim ing ▁no ▁knowledge ▁that ▁the ▁dru gs ▁were ▁purchased ▁il leg ally . ▁ ▁Att orney ▁General ▁Schne id erman ’ s ▁investigation ▁also ▁revealed ▁that ▁Ira ▁G ross , ▁another ▁lic ensed ▁ph arm ac ist , ▁bro ker ed ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁il leg ally ▁di vert ed ▁dru gs ▁between ▁All ion ▁and ▁Costa . ▁The ▁fourth ▁def endant , ▁Harry ▁Ab ol af ia , ▁created ▁false ▁in vo ices ▁for ▁Costa ’ s ▁companies — S MC ▁Dist rib utors , ▁F idel ity ▁Wh oles ale , ▁Opt im us ▁Wh oles ale , ▁and ▁N ul ine ▁Ph arma ce ut ical s — in ▁order ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁transactions ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁legit imate . ▁In ▁total , ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of