"An Arizona man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $452 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion by operating a platform that generated false doctors' orders used to support fraudulent claims for various medical items."
""This just sentence is the result of one of the largest telemarketing Medicare fraud cases ever tried to verdict," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "Telemedicine scammers who use junk mailers, spam calls and the internet to target senior citizens steal taxpayer money and harm vulnerable populations. The Criminal Division will continue dedicating substantial resources to the fight against telemedicine and medical equipment frauds that drain our health care benefit programs.""
""Together with our partners, the FBI will aggressively pursue those who defraud taxpayer funded health care programs," said Acting Assistant Director Rebecca Day of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division. "Programs like Medicare are intended to help the most vulnerable among us, and fraud schemes like the one orchestrated by the defendant can jeopardize the delivery of critical care to those who need it the most.""
An Arizona man received a 15-year prison sentence and was ordered to pay more than $452 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion. The operation ran a platform that generated false doctors' orders used to support fraudulent claims for various medical items. The scheme employed telemedicine tactics including junk mailers, spam calls and internet outreach to target senior citizens, stealing taxpayer funds and harming vulnerable populations. Law enforcement and oversight agencies dismantled the operation and emphasized continued enforcement against telemedicine and medical equipment fraud to protect Medicare integrity.
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