Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud

MD 2017 DME Suppliers

OIG Identity Theft

Penalty

$1.2 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud for identity theft. Penalty: $1.2 million.

Details

Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud — OIG Enforcement (2017)

OIG took enforcement action against Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud in MD in 2017 involving identity theft violations in the DME Suppliers sector.

Penalty: $1.2 million

Violation types: Identity Theft
Entity type: Dme Supplier
Penalty type: Criminal
Location: MD

Source: Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Defrauding the IRS by Failing to File Tax Returns

How Crucible Prevents This

Crucible's compliance monitoring controls for DME Suppliers would have detected the patterns underlying this violation through automated screening, documentation enforcement, and real-time alert escalation.

Source: Biller for Medical Equipment Provider Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Defrauding the IRS by Failing to File Tax Returns

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