Judge Finds Clinic Owner Accused Of Fraud Need Not Forfeit $6.8M

Mealey's (April 21, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on April 20 denied the government’s request to require a doctor who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud to forfeit the $6.8 million insurance companies paid to his cardiology and neurology clinic as part of a fraudulent billing scheme, finding that there was insufficient evidence to show that the clinic owner directly or indirectly obtained the proceeds of the scheme....