A Texas man has been charged in a $1 million wire fraud scheme in which a Dallas-area hospital paid more than $1 million to purchase a fake MRI from conspirators who impersonated representatives of Kansas City-based Cerner Corporation.
Albert Davis, 54, of Richardson, Texas, was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a criminal complaint filed under seal in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., on February 12, 2015.
The federal criminal complaint alleges that Davis participated in a wire fraud conspiracy with at least six unnamed co-conspirators that began May 1, 2009. Davis allegedly convinced employees of Dallas Medical Center and Prime Health Care (which acquired the hospital during the course of the fraud scheme) that he and his co-conspirators were working with Cerner.
As a result, Dallas Medical Center transmitted two wire payments to the conspirators’ bank account totaling $1,061,550.
U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson praised Cerner’s swift action in reporting the fraud.
The charge is part of a multi-district investigation based in the Western District of Missouri, which also includes the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and the Western District of Arkansas.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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