Former Owner of Los Angeles-Area Medical Equipment Supply Company Sentenced for $2.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
The former owner of a Long Beach, California, medical supply company was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,490,532 in restitution for his role in a scheme to provide unnecessary power wheelchairs to Medicare patients, resulting in $2.6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
Action Details
- Date:September 22, 2014
- Agency:U.S. Department of Justice
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions