Published: 10 July 2021 10 July 2021
Dallas, Texas - A federal jury convicted Dallas area owners and operators of two durable medical equipment companies Thursday of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Leah Hagen, 49, and Michael Hagen, 54, of Arlington, Texas, were owners and operators of two durable medical equipment (DME) companies: Metro DME Supply LLC (Metro) and Ortho Pain Solutions LLC (Ortho Pain), both operated out of the same location in Arlington. The defendants paid a fixed rate per DME item in exchange for prescriptions and paperwork completed by telemedicine doctors that were used to submit false claims to Medicare. The defendants paid illegal bribes and kickbacks and wired money to their co-conspirator’s call center in the Philippines that provided signed doctor’s orders for orthotic braces. The ev
Recently announced Department of Justice (DOJ) priorities include a reinvigoration of health care fraud prosecutions. The COVID-19 crisis created fertile ground for not only fraud.
Hudson Reporter
Jersey City resident pleads guilty in pharmacy kickback scheme ×
The employee of a Jersey City doctor admitted her role in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes from individuals associated with a Union City pharmacy, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig announced.
Yudelka “Vicky” Ayala, 42, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp to an information charging her with conspiring to violate the federal anti-kickback statute.
The information alleges that Ayala conspired with six individuals associated with Prime Aid Pharmacy, three of whom were previously charged by superseding indictment: Samuel “Sam” Khaimov and Yana Shtindler, both of Glen Head; and Ruben Sevumyants, of Marlboro.
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