No Charges Filed for Medicare Fraud Allegations
Featured Case Result:
Indictment Dismissed
Counts:
Medicare Fraud
Sentence Guidelines:
N/A
Mandatory Minimum:
10 Year Mandatory Minimum
Case Result:
F.M. was under federal criminal investigation for Medicare fraud. Specifically, the
government alleged that F.M. recruited private insurance patients for the owner of a
rehabilitation center that was submitting false and fraudulent claims. The recruited patients
received cash bribes and kickbacks in exchange for filling out the billing paperwork. When F.M.
came to us she was facing at least 10 years of incarceration and the Government had already
prepared an Indictment charging her with healthcare fraud. We, at her request, negotiated a
cooperation agreement with the Government and she provided the Government with a wealth of
information that it would not otherwise have known. She went undercover and wore a wire
several times. She also testified as a witness at a trial for a co-conspirator. Given F.M.’s
extraordinary cooperation, we requested that no charges be filed. The government agreed and
the Department of Justice declined prosecution.