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In California, a physician was sentenced to 5 months in prison, 150 days
home confinement and ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution for illegal remuneration.
The physician accepted kickbacks in exchange for the use of his provider number,
which was used to fraudulently bill Medicare, Medi-Cal and private insurers for
services provided by unqualified individuals.
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In Vermont, a man was sentenced to 5 years probation and ordered to pay
approximately $58,000 in restitution for failure to pay child support for his
three children. He was arrested in September 2003 during “Operation Lost
and Found”, a national round-up of child support defaulters. In 1999,
the man was ordered to pay over $1,000 per month. In 2001, the court reduced
his monthly obligation amount to $600 per month. The investigation revealed
that the man worked as a mechanic and a truck driver.
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