Tag: medicare fraud
Leader of $29.1m Medicare Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty in Detroit
The mastermind of a $29.1 million Medicare fraud scheme involving approximately 30 purported medical clinics pleaded guilty this week in Detroit for his role in the scheme. Sachin Sharma, 37, of Detroit, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Denise P. Hood in the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of conspiracy to commit health [...]
Medical Director for Miami Based Health Care Clinic Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in $50m Medicare Fraud Scheme
A former medical director for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced during the week to serve 144 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare. Dr. Gary Kushner, 72, of Plantation, Fla., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge [...]
Houston Area Doctor Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $17.3m Medicare Fraud Scheme
A Texas doctor was sentenced this week to serve 63 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud by falsifying plans of care for Medicare beneficiaries, including patients whom he did not treat, as part of a $17.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Ben Harris Echols, 63, of Houston, was sentenced by U.S. District [...]
Health Care Clinic Director Pleads Guilty in Miami for Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A former health care clinic director and licensed therapist pleaded guilty this week in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Paul Thomas Layman, 66, of Miami, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in the Southern District of Florida to one count [...]
Owner And Operator of Houston Area Ambulance Service Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme
The owner and operator of a Houston-area ambulance company has been convicted by a federal jury in Houston of multiple counts of health care fraud for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare. Olusola Elliott, 44, of Fort Bend County, Texas, was convicted this week by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in the [...]
Former Owners of a Medical Equipment Wholesaler Plead Guilty to Conspiring with Customers to Defraud Medicare
Two former owners of a Los Angeles-area medical equipment wholesale supply company pleaded guilty this week to conspiring with their customers to defraud Medicare. Rajinder Singh Paul, 69, and Baljit Kaur Paul, 65, of Redlands, Calif., each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson in the Central District of California to one count of [...]
South Carolina Ambulance Company to Pay $800,000 to Resolve False Claims Allegations
Williston Rescue Squad Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $800,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false claims for payment to Medicare for ambulance transports, the Justice Department has announced. Williston, based in Williston, S.C., provides ambulance transport services in the southwestern part of South Carolina. Medicare [...]
Illegal Marketer of Medicare Information Admits Role in Detroit Area Home Health Care Fraud Scheme
Clarence Cooper, 54, of Detroit, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts in the Eastern District of Michigan to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to court documents, Cooper and others conspired to defraud Medicare through purported home health care companies operating in the Detroit area, including now-defunct First [...]
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