Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty To $8.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Dr. Roberto Aymat, a medical doctor, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of approximately $8.5 million through the use of fraudulent HIV/AIDS clinics in New York. As part of the scheme, Aymat and others billed Medicare for medications that were never administered or that were administered but were medically unnecessary. He pled guilty before U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels. Three other participants in the scheme, Asmed Barrera, Augusto Guzman, and Jorge Rivero, previously pled guilty.
Action Details
- Date:February 25, 2013
- Agency:U.S. Attorney
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Enforcement Types:
- Criminal and Civil Actions