Health Care & Hospital Law
Oct. 29, 2010
Wheelchair Fraudster Sentenced
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Los Angeles man to serve 21 months in prison and pay restitution for recruiting homeless patients in a Medicare scam similar to others recently prosecuted.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Los Angeles man to serve 21 months in prison and pay restitution for recruiting homeless patients in a Medicare scam similar to others recently prosecuted.
James Roland Fuquay, 49, pleaded guilty to recruiting patients to use their Medicare card to buy power wheelchairs, hospital beds and other equipment they didn't need at phony clinics. U.S...
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