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Medicare Fraud Scheme Exposed: Emilio Haber Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison
A Detroit-area health care clinic owner has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for his leading role in an $8.5 million Medicare fraud scheme. Emilio Haber, 53, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan in the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit.
Haber pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud on October 26, 2011. According to plea documents, Haber conceived and oversaw fraud schemes at two clinics, Ritecare LLC and CompleteHealth LLC. Haber incorporated and opened Ritecare and CompleteHealth in the state of Michigan in 2007. CompleteHealth merged into Ritecare in July 2008.
Between approximately August 2007 and approximately October 2009, Haber and his co-conspirators at CompleteHealth and Ritecare submitted and/or caused to be submitted approximately $8.5 million in fraudulent claims to the Medicare program for medical and testing services that were medically unnecessary and procured through the payment of kickbacks. Medicare paid approximately $6.3 million of those claims.
As part of his sentence, Haber was ordered to pay $6,341,000 in restitution, joint and several with his co-defendants, and forfeit approximately $99,000 seized from bank accounts he controlled. Haber will serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant Chief Gejaa T. Gobena of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Philip A. Ross of the Eastern District of Michigan. It was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG, and 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 Michigan.
Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged more than 1,330 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $4 billion. In addition, HHS’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.
Emilio Haber, a Miami-area resident, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his role in the Medicare fraud scheme.
The exact criminal charges against Haber were conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
The case occurred in the Eastern District of Michigan in Detroit. Sentencing occurred on an unspecified date.
Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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