Tampa, FL – A Land O’ Lakes businessman has been sentenced to 174 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme.
David Brock Lovelace, 45, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering and aggravated identity theft in December 2015.
According to evidence presented at trial, Lovelace and his co-conspirators used three purported medical clinics in Florida to submit approximately $12,351,046 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare seeking reimbursement for radiology, audiology, cardiology and neurology services.
Medicare paid approximately $2,848,424 in reimbursement on the fraudulent claims.
In addition to his prison sentence, Lovelace was ordered to pay $2,512,460 in restitution.
The scheme involved paying illegal kickbacks in exchange for access to Medicare patients and Medicare patient information, using forged and falsified documents in the Medicare enrollment process, and billing Medicare for services that had not been rendered by physicians.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General and the FBI, and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force.
Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged nearly 2,000 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $6 billion.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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