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Nurse Practitioner Admits To Perpetrating $4.37 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme; Will Forfeit The Profits Of His Fraud

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who fraudulently billed commercial health insurers and Medicare nearly $4.4 million for services that he falsely claimed to have provided to patients in Rhode Island, New York, and Florida, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court in Rhode Island to an eleven-count information charging him with health care fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and causing the introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

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Action Details

  • Date:October 20, 2022
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Rhode Island
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions