March 20, 2015
Posted January 25, 2016
A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Sylvia Walter-Eze, former owner ofEzcor Medical Supply, in connection with a $3.5 million Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme. The evidence at trial demonstrated that Walter-Eze paid illegal kickbacks to patient recruiters in exchange for patient referrals, and to physicians for fraudulent prescriptions for power wheelchairs and other medically unnecessary equipment. DOJ
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