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South Florida Nurse Sentenced to 20 Years in DME and Genetic Testing Scheme
DME and Genetic Testing Scheme
Read MoreFlorida Man Convicted in $67M ‘Doctor Chase’ Genetic Testing Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Another defendant who was part of a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme tied to unnecessary genetic testing has been convicted by a federal jury. Jose Goyos of West Palm Beach was indicted in February 2022 along with nine others in the Southern District of Florida for their alleged roles in a $67 million healthcare fraud, wire…
Read MoreLab Owner Gets 27 Years, Must Pay Back $187M in Genetic Testing Healthcare Fraud Scheme
An Atlanta lab owner has been ordered to turn over $187 million in ill-gotten gains he obtained in a healthcare fraud scheme that involved kickbacks and bribes in violation of the Anti-kickback statute and False Claims Act. The order was recently issued by a Miami federal judge against Minal Patel and follows his sentencing in…
Read MoreConviction in $9.5M Genetic Testing Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A Chicago physician licensed to practice in several states recently was convicted by a federal jury in Nashville, Tenn. in a healthcare fraud scheme of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute following a two-week trial. Doctor Acted as a Consulting Provider for Telemedicine Companies Dr. Benjamin T. Toh was indicted in December 2022 for…
Read MoreFlorida Brothers Plead Guilty to $67M Genetic Testing and DME Fraud Scheme
A pair of Florida brothers pleaded guilty for their parts in a healthcare fraud scheme that bilked the federal government out of $67 million. The two were part of a larger scheme in which participants filed false claims with Medicare for genetic testing and durable medical equipment that patients did not need and that the…
Read MoreSouth Florida Man Who Received Kickbacks in $73M Genetic Testing Scheme Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud
Just before his Medicare fraud trial was to start, a Florida man who helped recruit telemedicine doctors as part of a $73 million genetic testing scheme to defraud Medicare pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks. Michael Stein admitted that he, through his company 1523 Holdings LLC, agreed to receive $50,000 per month in exchange for recruiting…
Read MoreGenetic Testing Kickback Scheme Settled
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ocenture LLC and its subsidiary, Carelumina LLC, agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that they paid and received kickbacks in connection with genetic testing samples. It was alleged that Ocenture solicited genetic testing samples from Medicare beneficiaries directly and through other marketers. The company then paid physicians to falsely attest that…
Read MoreFlorida Man Gets 14 Years in Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme
The owner and operator of telemarketing and telemedicine companies faces 14 years behind bars after pleading guilty to healthcare and wire fraud and evading taxes. Through information filed Feb. 3, Marc Sporn of Delray Beach was accused of creating an elaborate scheme that cost Medicare more than $20 million dollars. According to court documents, Sporn…
Read MoreGenetic Testing and DME Fraud Crackdown Nets a Dozen South Floridians
Healthcare fraud involving genetic testing and durable medical equipment (DME) have become a focus for federal investigators in recent years and another twelve South Floridians find themselves in the midst of the crackdown. Earlier this month, Zachary S. Seid, 35, of Boynton Beach and Anthony Cracchiolo, 42 of Parkland were arrested and charged with four…
Read MoreGenetic Testing Laboratory Settles Federal Civil False Claims Act Lawsuit Alleging Kickbacks for $2.5 Million
On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced a $2.5 million dollar settlement with AutoGenomics, Inc., based on kickback allegations. In short, the lawsuit alleged that the lab, AutoGenomics, paid a marketing company kickbacks for each Medicare claim that the marketing company generated for the lab and was…
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