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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Cases Result in Long Prison Terms for Five Health Care Company Owners

By Robert David, Esq.

On December 13, 2007, the owners of five separate Miami-based health care corporations have were sentenced to prison. Collectively, the five defendants filed fraudulent claims with Medicare for over $28.6 million worth of unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and infusion therapy. The five defendants who were sentenced in Miami are: Rodolfo Aenlle, 47, who was sentenced to 84 months in prison; Simon Seruya, 74, who was sentenced to 50 months; Alberto Gourie, 35, who was sentenced to 51 months in prison; William Garcia, 31, who was sentenced to 41 months; and Marina Ruiz, 48, who was sentenced to 24 months in prison. In total, these individuals were ordered to repay more than $13 million in restitution. ?We are continuing to seek appropriate sentences for the most serious Medicare fraud offenders,? said Assistant Attorney General Fisher...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on December 15, 2007 (boomark / email).