Compliance Today (November 2019)

On September 6, 2019, the US Department of Justice announced in a press release, “The owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of a telemedicine company pleaded guilty today for his role in one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and prosecuted by the Department of Justice, which resulted in charges in April 2019 against 24 defendants.

“Lester Stockett of Medellin, Colombia, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care kickbacks, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.” Also noted in the press release, “Stockett agreed to pay $200 million in restitution to the US as well as forfeit assets and property traceable to proceeds of the conspiracy to defraud the US and conspiracy to commit money laundering.”

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