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Florida Man Reels in Big Bucks in Medicare Scam
A Florida man, David Brock Lovelace, 44, of Land O’ Lakes, Florida, and Dale B. DuBois, 61, of Melbourne, Florida, owner of Healthcare Marketing Florida LLC, were arrested yesterday in an alleged illegal cash-for-patients kickback scheme involving clinical laboratory testing.
The duo is accused of paying cash kickbacks to purported medical clinics in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in exchange for DNA test samples and patient information. They then allegedly provided the test samples and patient information to laboratory companies for their submission of reimbursement claims to Medicare for clinical diagnostic laboratory services.
Lovelace, who is already facing health care fraud and money laundering charges in federal court in Tampa, was arrested along with DuBois on a criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program and pay illegal kickbacks.
According to allegations in the criminal complaint filed in the new case, Lovelace and DuBois paid cash kickbacks to purported medical clinics in exchange for DNA test samples and patient information. Over the past 14 months, Lovelace has allegedly received more than $675,000 from one of the laboratory companies for the samples.
Lovelace was charged by indictment in May 2014 with health care fraud and money laundering offenses in a case pending in the Middle District of Florida. After being arrested in that case, Lovelace was released on bond and ordered not to commit crimes or engage in any occupation relating to the health care services industry.
The case is being investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. This case is being prosecuted by Senior Trial Attorney Christopher J. Hunter of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged nearly 2,000 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $6 billion. In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the HHS-OIG, are taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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