Florida man pleads guilty for multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud, kickback scheme

A man in Miami Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty to his role in a $4.2 million durable medical equipment fraud scheme. 

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Christopher Vehovec and his conspirators allegedly received kickbacks and bribes in exchange for providing medical equipment companies with completed physician orders for medically unnecessary equipment, the Justice Department said in a Sep. 6 release. 

Mr. Vehovec used telemedicine companies to obtain these prescriptions and they were subsequently fraudulently billed, according to the report. 

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