Dr. Marion Lee, Medicare Fraud, Louisiana 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana - In a shocking scheme to bilk Medicare out of millions, Dr. Marion Lee, 62, of Cordele, Georgia, has been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Dr. Lee, co-owner of and medical advisor to Luminus Diagnostics, a diagnostic laboratory located in Tifton, Georgia, conspired with others to procure orders for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks. The orders were acquired through purported telemedicine and were designed to be "dummy proof" with prepopulated diagnosis codes and check-the-box panels.

Dr. Lee and his co-conspirators frequently billed the tests through another laboratory in the Eastern District of Louisiana where they thought the claims were more likely to be approved. They concealed these claims via a sham contract, among other deceptive means.

The scheme caused the submission of over $24 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for genetic testing, and Medicare paid approximately $4 million based on those claims. Dr. Lee agreed to over $4 million in restitution owed to Medicare under the terms of his plea agreement.

The Honorable Lance M. Africk set sentencing for March 18, 2026. At sentencing, the maximum penalty Dr. Lee may receive is five years of imprisonment, followed by up to three years of supervised release. He also faces a fine of up to $250,000, and payment of a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.

Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter.

Assistant United States Attorney Nicholas D. Moses, of the Financial Crimes Unit and Health Care Fraud Coordinator, and Trial Attorney Kelly Z. Walters, of the Department's Criminal Division's Fraud Section, are in charge of the prosecution.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/physician-convicted-conspiracy-defraud-medicare