Julia Clymer, Health Care Fraud, Illinois 2013

A Collinsville woman has pleaded guilty to a scheme to commit health care fraud and obtaining controlled substances through fraud and misrepresentation.

According to a plea agreement entered in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, Julia Clymer, 48, of Collinsville, Illinois, has admitted to engaging in a scheme to commit health care fraud and obtaining controlled substances by fraud.

Clymer pleaded guilty on September 26, 2013, to two counts of health care fraud and obtaining controlled substances through fraud and misrepresentation.

At her sentencing, Clymer will face up to 14 years in prison, a fine of up to $500,000 and up to 3 years of supervised release.

The investigation into Clymer’s activities was conducted by the St. Louis Diversion Group of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and the Fairview Heights, Swansea and Belleville Illinois Police Departments.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ranley R. Killian.

Clymer will be sentenced on January 31, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois.

During her plea hearing, Clymer admitted to obtaining Hydrocodone by fraud through the creation of false and fraudulent prescriptions and using those prescriptions at various pharmacies to obtain the controlled substances.

Clymer also admitted to executing a scheme to commit healthcare fraud and obtain controlled substances by fraud from September of 2012 through December of 2012, causing Medicaid to be billed for the fraudulent prescriptions that she had used to obtain some of the controlled substances she diverted.

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