WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
MIAMI -Two South Florida men were sentenced to multiple years in prison for their roles in a $34.8 million health care fraud conspiracy billing Medicare for thousands of orthotic braces sent to Medicare beneficiaries who did not need them.
"These fraudsters billed Medicare $34.8 million for braces that patients didn't need and didn't request - and now they're paying the price," said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division. "They paid kickbacks for fake doctors' orders, shuffled billing among several companies to dodge payment sus...