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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SANTA ANA, CALIF.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Rancho Mirage woman who was the executive director of a cosmetic surgery center \u00a0had additional criminal charges filed against her \u2014fraud and identity theft, authorities announced Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"DavidShe is accused of participating in a scheme that billed insurance companies $50 million for cosmetic surgeries that were falsely claimed to be \u201cmedically necessary,\u201d officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Linda Morrow<\/strong>, 64, was named in a 31-count superseding indictment that was returned on Aug. 31 by a federal grand jury. <\/span><\/p>\n

Morrow and her husband, who pleaded guilty earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two were initially charged a year ago with participating in a scheme to defraud health insurance companies by submitting bills for more than $50 million for procedures that were claimed as \u201cmedically necessary\u201d \u2013 but in fact were cosmetic procedures such as \u201ctummy tucks,\u201d \u201cnose jobs,\u201d breast augmentations, and vaginal rejuvenation.<\/span><\/p>\n

When insurance companies refused to pay for the cosmetic procedures for patients who happened to be employed by public entities such as school districts, The Morrow Institute made formal claims against those public entities, demanding payments totaling more than $15 million from the California Highway Patrol, the Desert Sands Unified School District, the Palm Springs Unified School District and the City of Palm Springs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The superseding indictment adds nine new charges against Linda Morrow \u2013 three new mail fraud charges, three counts of identity theft and three counts of aggravated identity theft charges. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse, Santa Ana, Calif.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new indictment expands on forfeiture allegations in the original indictment that would require Morrow, if she is convicted, to forfeit all of the ill-gotten gains obtained from the scheme, a figure that may exceed $20 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

The superseding indictment outlines a scheme in which patients were lured to The Morrow Institute in Rancho Mirage, where Morrow was the executive director, with promises that cosmetic procedures would be paid for by their union or PPO health insurance plans. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Morrow Institute allegedly submitted bills to insurance companies seeking as much as $100,000 for individual surgeries, and as much as $700,000 for multiple surgeries, officials allege.<\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment further alleges that some patients who underwent multiple surgeries at TMI suffered severe medical complications from the procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the scheme charged in this indictment, the defendant allegedly used the names and signatures of patients without their knowledge to obtain payments for procedures that were not covered by insurance,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker. \u201cHealth care fraud schemes that defraud insurance companies in this manner victimize both the insurers and the insured who are forced to pay higher premiums.\u00a0 This case seeks both to punish the defendants and to deprive them of their illegal profits.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In March, Morrow\u2019s husband \u2013 Dr. David M. Morrow, 71, of Rancho Mirage, a cosmetic surgeon and dermatologist who was the owner of The Morrow Institute \u2013 plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and filing a false tax return. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Morrow agreed to pay more than $1 million in restitution to victims. <\/span><\/p>\n

When he pleaded guilty, officials allege that Dr. Morrow admitted that he had altered a medical record by handwriting \u201chernias\u201d over the original text in the document, which had correctly listed the cosmetic procedure of \u201cabdominoplasty\u201d (tummy tuck).<\/span><\/p>\n

To obtain reimbursement for cosmetic procedures, the doctors at TMI completely fabricated diagnoses \u2013 such as a \u201chernia\u201d \u2013 in the patients\u2019 official medical records, according to the indictment. <\/span><\/p>\n

The doctors also allegedly fabricated test results and symptoms on medical records to cover up the actual medical procedures being performed. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, \u201ctummy tucks\u201d were fraudulently billed as hernia repair or abdominal reconstruction surgeries, rhinoplasties (\u201cnose jobs\u201d) were fraudulently billed as deviated septum repair surgeries, and breast lifts and augmentations were fraudulently billed as \u201ctuberous breast deformity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The victim health insurance companies included Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Cross\/Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross\/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Regional Employer\/Employee Partnership for Benefits, formerly known as Riverside Employer\/Employee Partnership (REEP) and Cigna.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe FBI devotes many resources to hold health care fraud cheats responsible, as demonstrated in the charges against Linda Morrow, regardless of whether they are doctors, business partners or marketers,\u201d said Deirdre Fike, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cLinda Morrow\u2019s crimes not only victimized insurance companies, but the public entities that ultimately had to foot the bill to pay the outrageous billings, which include the California Highway Patrol and multiple public school districts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The \u00a0FBI executed a federal search warrant at Morrow Institute in March 2011, Morrow went to the home of \u00a0an employee and asked whether the employee had been \u201cthe mole\u201d who had reported Morrow Institute to the FBI.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe are relentless in our pursuit to uncover, investigate, and prosecute those who rip-off of the healthcare system, leaving California consumers to foot the bill through higher premiums,\u201d said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. \u201cI congratulate Department of Insurance detectives who worked this case since it began and partnered with the FBI and insurers to uncover Doctor Morrow\u2019s multi-million dollar crimes and his wife Linda\u2019s alleged role.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Morrow is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana on September 12. <\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton previously ordered Morrow to stand trial on Jan. 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Morrow is charged with 24 mail fraud counts, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Each of those 24 charges carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, according to officials..<\/span><\/p>\n

Morrow is additionally charged with three identity theft charges, each of which carry a statutory maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. She is also charges with three counts of aggravated identity theft, which carry a mandatory two-year prison term that must run consecutive to any other sentence imposed in the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Count 31 in the superseding indictment is another new count that charges Morrow with misprision of a felony for allegedly failing to report the health care fraud scheme to authorities. This charge carries a statutory maximum penalty of three years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Morrow is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Staton on Dec. 2, at which time he is facing up to 23 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation and the California Department of Insurance investigated this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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