Aleksandr Kharkover, a Brooklyn physical therapist, has pleaded guilty to a $11.9 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false and fraudulent claims for physical therapy services that were medically unnecessary and never provided.
Kharkover, 49, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go in the Eastern District of New York to five counts of health care fraud.
According to the indictment, between January 2005 and July 2010, Kharkover caused the submission of approximately $11.9 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy services that were not performed and were not medically necessary.
The indictment also alleges that Kharkover hired individuals who were not certified as physical therapy assistants to purportedly provide physical therapy to Medicare beneficiaries.
Kharkover faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count of health care fraud. His sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
The case was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, supervised by the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Since their inception in March 2007, Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in nine locations have charged more than 1,000 defendants who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for more than $3.2 billion.
To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), visit www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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