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Former New York Sales Director Sentenced to 3 Years for Kickback Scheme

BOSTON – In a shocking case of medical malfeasance, a former New York-based sales director for a mobile medical diagnostics company has been sentenced to three years in prison for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to doctors in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans.

David Fuhrmann, 60, of Point Jefferson Station, N.Y. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to three years in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release. The defendant was also ordered to pay $27,225,434.44 in restitution, to forfeit $1,102,725.96 and to pay a $30,000 fine.

According to investigators, Fuhrmann conspired with others, including two managers for a mobile medical diagnostics company that performed transcranial doppler (TCD) scans, to enter into kickback agreements with various doctors. TCD scans are brain scans that measure blood flow in parts of the brain. Fuhrmann and his co-conspirators agreed to offer and pay doctors kickbacks, some in cash and others by check, based on the number of TCD ultrasounds the doctors ordered.

The scheme resulted in fraudulent bills of approximately $70.6 million to Medicare. Medicare paid approximately $27.2 million to the TCD company for the fraudulent claims.

Fuhrmann pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statute in April 2025, following a lengthy investigation by federal authorities.

A team of federal agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, worked together to bring Fuhrmann to justice.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mackenzie Queenin, Chief of the Health Care Fraud Unit, prosecuted the case.

The case serves as a stark reminder of the pervasive problem of healthcare fraud and the importance of holding accountable those who seek to profit from it.