A New Jersey resident received more than $ 500 thousand, luring retirees to non-existent analyzes
The scammer and his accomplices lured older Americans to DNA testing presentations by offering them free ice cream. No tests were performed - a New Jersey resident managed to defraud Medicare in this way, receiving compensation and interest from laboratories totaling $530.
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A New Jersey resident who cheated on Medicare by offering ice cream to the elderly for coming to a DNA testing presentation was sentenced to more than four years in prison, writes New York Post.
Seth Refuss pleaded guilty to conspiracy to target healthcare fraud. US District Judge Ann Thompson also ordered Refuss to pay damages in the amount of 435 000 dollars and a fine of 66 000 dollars.
Prosecutors claimed that the 44-year-old resident of Somerset and his associates used the Good Samaritans of America non-profit organization to access data on residential complexes for the elderly.
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The scammers persuaded the residents of these complexes to come to the presentation of genetic tests, offering them free ice cream for this. Older people were told that the tests would help them avoid heart attacks, cancer and other diseases.
Rehfuss and his co-conspirators paid health care providers to certify that the tests were performed—even though no tests were actually performed.
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A group of fraudsters deceived Medicare on 430 000 dollars and received more than 100 000 dollars from laboratories in the form of commissions.
47-year-old Sheila Cal from Ocean County, New Jersey, and 39-year-old Kenneth Johnson from Lorton, Virginia, also pleaded guilty.
According to the US attorney's office, the group planned to extend this scheme to other states.
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