Felicar Williams, Medicare Fraud, Michigan 2014

Defendant Sentenced to Prison for $29 Million Medicare Scam

Felicar Williams, 51, of Dearborn, Michigan, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2,431,018 in restitution, representing the amount paid by Medicare for Williams' fraudulent claims. Williams was the operator of a Detroit adult day care center.

Williams was convicted on Sept. 30, 2014, after a 12-week jury trial in the Eastern District of Michigan. Williams was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to receive health care kickbacks.

According to the evidence at trial, Williams billed Medicare, through her company, Haven Adult Day Care Center LLC, for psychotherapy services that were not actually provided. The evidence demonstrated that, in some instances, Williams billed Medicare for services purportedly provided to patients who were already deceased.

Williams also sold the private medical information of her patients to Abdul Malik Al-Jumail so that he could use it to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare.

The case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG, and the IRS, and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Fellow conspirators Abdul Malik Al-Jumail, 54, and Jamella Al-Jumail, 25, were also sentenced to prison. Abdul Malik Al-Jumail was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $8,389,541 in restitution, while Jamella Al-Jumail was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $589,516 in restitution.

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged nearly 2,100 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $6.5 billion since its inception in March 2007.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/operator-detroit-adult-day-care-center-and-two-home-health-care-company-owners