April 13, 2021
After pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, James Spina of Dolson Avenue Medical (DAM) in New York has been sentenced to 9 years in prison and ordered to pay over $9.7 million in restitution and over $9.1 million in forfeiture. Because he did not meet legal requirements for owning and operating a medical corporation, Spina went to great lengths to conceal his role in DAM and at least four other medical corporations, which he then used to run a widespread fraud scheme against Medicare and other health insurers. The misconduct involved submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary services and services not rendered, double billing for services, fabricating medical records, and obstructing audits by Medicare and other health insurers. USAO SDNY
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