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Brooklyn surgeon in Medicare billing scheme convicted of fraud, faces 40 years in prison
A Brooklyn surgeon is facing more than 40 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him of a massive Medicare fraud that included claims he’d performed 600 procedures on one person.
Dr. Syed Ahmed was found guilty of all six counts late Thursday night in Brooklyn Federal Court. The jury had deliberated about four hours.
Prosecutors alleged that Ahmed, a specialist in weight loss surgery and wound treatment, billed Medicare for over $7 million in procedures, many of which were not performed on patients, prosecutors alleged.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Notopoulos told the jury that Ahmed billed Medicare for 5,000 surgeries over a three-year period, including 600 alleged procedures on an elderly woman.
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Owner, CFO of Louisiana healthcare company get prison time for fraud
Barbara Sadler, the 63-year-old owner of Extraordinary Care Network, a Baton Rouge, La.-area attendant care services company, has been sentenced to 44 months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid program of more than $1 million, according to the Department of Justice.
The company’s CFO Sedric C. Blakes, 42, has been ordered to spend three years behind bars for his role in the scheme.
Consulting firm president gets 5-year prison term for role in kickback scheme
According to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Nerey referred Medicare beneficiaries to two home healthcare companies in return for kickbacks. Some of the patients he referred did not qualify for home healthcare services. Mr. Nerey was involved in the kickback scheme from October 2014 to September 2015, according to the DOJ.
In addition to his prison term, Mr. Nerey was ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution.
HENRY KOTULA 