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Defendant’s Scheme Unravels, Revealing Millions in Medicare Losses

Matthew Taylor Witkowski, a 37-year-old American citizen, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in New York. According to court documents, Witkowski and an unnamed co-conspirator (‘CC-1’) engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare by illegally obtaining and selling fraudulent written orders for durable medical equipment (‘DME’) and other goods and services.

The scheme, which lasted from August 2019 to July 2022, involved the use of a call center in the Dominican Republic, where Witkowski generated and purchased fraudulent written orders for DME. These orders were then sold to pharmacies and DME suppliers in New York City, who used them to submit over $8 million in false claims to Medicare.

Witkowski’s scheme was designed to bilk Medicare out of millions of dollars, with the defendant taking in over $4 million in kickbacks from DME suppliers. The orders used in the scheme often bore the names and personal health information of actual Medicare beneficiaries without their knowledge or authorization.

Witkowski, who currently resides in the Dominican Republic and is on bail in Florida, is scheduled to be sentenced on April 20, 2023, before United States District Judge Denise Cote. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for his crime.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams praised the investigative work of the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which helped bring Witkowski’s scheme to light. The case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, with Assistant U.S. Attorney David Raymond Lewis leading the prosecution.

The guilty plea marks a significant victory in the fight against Medicare fraud, a crime that costs taxpayers millions of dollars each year. As U.S. Attorney Williams noted, ‘Medicare is a valuable, taxpayer-funded program designed to provide affordable health care to people over 65 or with disabilities, not to enrich those who would seek to benefit themselves through fraud.’