Judge Enters Default Judgment Against Doctor Accused Of Fraudulent Billing Scheme

Mealey's (April 8, 2018, 10:28 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on April 5 entered default judgment against a doctor accused of participating in a scheme to submit fraudulent bills to Government Employees Insurance Co. (GEICO) for treating patients allegedly injured in automobile accidents and ordered him to pay $7.3 million, finding that the insurer sufficiently stated claims against the physician for fraud, unjust enrichment and violation of the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act (IFPA) (Government Employee Insurance Co. v. Lyudmila Poretskaya, M.D., et al., No. 16-08448, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58102)....