"Most Wanted Fraudster" Herb Kimble Sentenced to 20 Years for $365M Medicare Scheme
Status: Sentenced.
How the scheme worked
Federal prosecutors in South Carolina say Kimble ran offshore call centers that contacted Medicare beneficiaries and sent their information to sham telemedicine companies. Those companies generated orders for orthotic braces that patients did not need, and the orders were then billed to Medicare, for losses of about $365 million.
Flight and sentence
Kimble fled to the Philippines rather than appear for sentencing. He has now been sentenced to 20 years (240 months) in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $199 million in restitution and to forfeit more than $195 million.
Note: One local outlet reported the sentence as "20 months," but DOJ's release says 20 years (240 months), and that figure is used here.
Sources
- DOJ, U.S. Attorney's Office for South Carolina www.justice.gov
- WIS News 10 www.wistv.com
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