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Date: 09-11-2018
Case Style:
United States of America v. Lawrence Young, D.P.M.
Eastern District of Michigan Federal Courthouse - Detroit, Michigan
Case Number: 5:17-cr-20240-JEL-APP
Judge: Judith E. Levy
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Wayne County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Tom Tynan and Steve Scott
Defendant's Attorney: Chris Andreoff and Walter Piszczatowski
Description: Detroit, MI - Detroit-Area Podiatrist Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud
A Detroit-area podiatrist was sentenced to 28 months in prison today for his participation in a $1 million scheme involving podiatry services that were billed to Medicare but were never rendered.
Lawrence Young, D.P.M., 70, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy of the Eastern District of Michigan, who also ordered the defendant to serve one year of supervised release following his prison sentence and ordered him to pay $337,907.31 in restitution to HHS and to forfeit the same amount. Young pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud in January 2018.
As part of his guilty plea, Young admitted that from approximately January 2010 through April 2017, he engaged in a scheme to defraud the Medicare program by causing the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for the application of an “Unna Boot,” which is a type of medicated dressing typically applied after surgery to control swelling of the leg or foot. Young admitted regularly submitting these claims for reimbursement even though he knew that his patients routinely received nothing more than a non-medicated dressing. The scheme involved the submission of more $1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, he admitted.
This case was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG.
The Criminal Division’s Fraud Section leads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, now operating in 12 cities across the country, has charged nearly 4,000 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $14 billion.
Charge:
HEALTH CARE FRAUD
(1-2)
HEALTH CARE FRAUD
(3)
HEALTH CARE FRAUD
(4-6)
Outcome: Minute Entry for proceedings before District Judge Judith E. Levy: Sentencing held as to Lawrence Young. Disposition: Rule 11 Plea Agreement accepted by the Court. (Court Reporter: Jeseca Eddington) (Defendant Attorney: Christopher A. Andreoff, Walter J. Piszczatowski) (AUSA: Steven Scott, Thomas Tynan) (SBur) (Entered: 09/11/2018)
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