A Miami Lakes, Fla., motorcycle mechanic has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in restitution for his role in a $5.4 million Medicare fraud and money-laundering scheme. In December, a Miami jury convicted Jimmy A. Soto, of a series of health care fraud and money laundering charges stemming from false claims for DME. The claims involved a Hialeah-based company operating as Med-Pro of Miami. Medicare paid Med-Pro about $1.3 million based on the bogus claims for items that were neither prescribed by doctors nor delivered to patients, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Soto was also found guilty of laundering more than $1 million in Medicare money. Three other co-conspirators have already been sentenced to prison for their roles in the scheme, the release said.
Monday, March 2, 2009