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Roslyn Doctor Charged For $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme Roslyn Doctor Charged For $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme
Roslyn Doctor Charged For $1.3 Million Fraud Scheme A New York doctor is accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of over $1.3 million. Federal prosecutors allege that Dr. Perry Frankel, age 64, of Roslyn, in Nassau County, submitted false billing claims to Medicare and Medicaid for office visits that were never performed for patients who received COVID-19 tests. The tests were done at mobile sites across Long Island through Frankel’s cardiology clinic, Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics PLLC, located in Great Neck. Frankel was not even in New York when some of the alleged office visits occurred, prosecutors said. “As alleged, exploiti…

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Pharmacy Owner Found Guilty Of Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering For Role in Billing Scheme Pharmacy Owner Found Guilty Of Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering For Role in Billing Scheme
Pharmacy Owner Found Guilty Of Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering For Role in Billing Scheme A federal grand jury found a pharmacy owner guilty of a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for prescriptions never provided to patients. Queens resident Yuriy Barayev, 45, the former owner of Woodhaven Rx, was found guilty following a four-day trial in Brooklyn federal court to one count of health care fraud and seven counts of money laundering for his role in the scheme. The pharmacy is located on Woodhaven Boulevard, near the border of Rego Park and Middle Village. U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue said that between November 2013 and December 2015, Barayev engaged in a scheme …

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Seaford Nurse Among Five Charged In Health Care Fraud Takedown Seaford Nurse Among Five Charged In Health Care Fraud Takedown
Seaford Nurse Among Five Charged In Health Care Fraud Takedown Two doctors, a pharmacy owner, pharmacist who lost his license and a registered nurse are facing charges for their roles in a $17 million fraud scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York announced that Anna Steiner, 63, Denny Martin, 46, Andrew Barrett, 60, Phyllis Pincus, 58, and Kevin McMahon, 31, have been charged for defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs by overbilling them by millions of dollars. It is alleged that Steiner, a licensed anesthesiologist from Valatie in Columbia County, New York, was involved in a $17.4 million scheme related …

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by Zak Failla