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MAN LINKED TO W.VA. MEDICARE FRAUD GETS PRISON
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
January 30, 2012 Monday 10:28 PM GMT
An Armenian citizen has been sentenced in West Virginia for his role
in a health care scheme intended to defraud more than $4 million
from Medicare.
A federal judge in Charleston on Monday sentenced the 42-year-old
defendant, Sargis Tadevosyan, to six years in prison. He was found
guilty in November on felony charges of conspiracy to commit health
care fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to the government, the charges stem from a scheme involving
"false front providers." That involves a company posing as a Medicare
health care provider and unlawfully billing Medicare as a legitimate
service.
Investigators say they discovered seven false front providers
established in and around Charleston.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said Monday's prison term was likely the
longest involving health care fraud in the state.
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
January 30, 2012 Monday 10:28 PM GMT
An Armenian citizen has been sentenced in West Virginia for his role
in a health care scheme intended to defraud more than $4 million
from Medicare.
A federal judge in Charleston on Monday sentenced the 42-year-old
defendant, Sargis Tadevosyan, to six years in prison. He was found
guilty in November on felony charges of conspiracy to commit health
care fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to the government, the charges stem from a scheme involving
"false front providers." That involves a company posing as a Medicare
health care provider and unlawfully billing Medicare as a legitimate
service.
Investigators say they discovered seven false front providers
established in and around Charleston.
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said Monday's prison term was likely the
longest involving health care fraud in the state.