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Detroit Clinic Manager Sentenced in Miami to 63 Months in Prison for Role in $2.3 Million Medicare Infusion Fraud Scheme

By Robert David, Esq.

According to a Department of Justice press release, Miami-Dade County resident Dulce Briceño was sentenced on February 4th to 63 months in prison for her role in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme. Miami based U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro also ordered Briceño to pay $1.8 million in restitution. Originally, Briceño was indicted in the Eastern District of Michigan, but after her arrest in Miami, she consented to have her case transferred to the Southern District of Florida for her plea and sentencing. Briceño pleaded guilty on Oct. 9, 2009, at which time she admitted that in approximately September 2006, she agreed with the owners of X-Press Center to manage the clinic on a day-to-day basis in exchange for a percentage of the profits the clinic generated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Health Care Fraud Blog on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).