April 21, 2022
Susan H. Poon, 57, will spend
70 months in federal prison, and will pay nearly
$1.4 million in restitution for a scheme spanning over 3 years, and which resulted in approximately
$2.2 million in fraudulent billings. Poon submitted prescriptions both with PII obtained at health fairs held by
Costco and
UPS, and by soliciting information from actual patients about their dependents—dependents whom Poon never saw or treated. Poon used the stolen PII to submit fraudulent durable medical equipment prescriptions to a DME manufacturer, who then unknowingly submitted false claims for reimbursement to a health insurer. In addition to the prison sentence and the owed restitution, Poon’s chiropractic license was revoked in 2019.
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