June 8, 2016

New Jersey announced that a Burlington County medical device distributor was charged with stealing more than $100,000 in insurance payments intended for two companies that made and marketed a device to clear patients’ airways. Loetta Karen Edwards, 46, owner of Edwards Medical DME, LLC, (Edwards Medical) in Cinnaminson, was indicted on one count of second-degree theft by failure to make required disposition of property received. Edwards was a local distributor of the “Frequencer,” a Canadian-made medical device that helps clear airways in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. According to prosecutors, Edwards would order the devices on behalf of individuals who paid for them through their insurance companies. Prosecutors say Edwards would then process the insurance claims for the devices and receive the payments. She would then remit a portion of the money to the device manufacturer, Dymedso, Inc., and a portion to Dymedso’s Ohio-based sales representative, Clinical Technology. NJ

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