September 12, 2019

Following his conviction earlier this year, Philip Esformes was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in orchestrating a Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme through his network of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.  Esformes bribed physicians to admit patients, then provided them with inadequate, inappropriate, or unnecessary services.  To ensure his facilities maintained state licenses, he bribed Florida state regulators.  DOJ; USAO SD FL

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