Florida DME Owner Sentenced

TAMPA, Fla. — The owner of two South Florida DME companies
was sentenced Jan. 16 to eight years in prison for using stolen
patient data to submit $7 million in false Medicare claims.
According to prosecutors, the prison term handed down to
47-year-old Remberto Sarmiento of Miami was enhanced after the
court found at the sentencing hearing he lied to FBI agents by
stating he knew nothing about the two companies, APR Medical
Equipment and Super Medical Supply.

In November, a jury found Sarmiento guilty of twenty counts of
health care fraud. Sarmiento’s attorney told reporters she had
filed an appeal.