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FLORIDA<\/strong> – A man who had been the owner and operator of multiple physical therapy rehabilitation facilities pleaded guilty Monday for his role in organizing and leading a $28.3 million Medicare fraud scheme involving physical and occupational therapy services, federal officials said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Luis Duluc, 53, formerly of southwest Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court and is facing up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Court records indicate that Duluc and his co-conspirators used various physical therapy clinics and other business entities throughout Florida and elsewhere to submit approximately $28,347,065 in fraudulent reimbursement claims to Medicare from 2005 through 2009.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Medicare paid approximately $14,424,865 on those claims.<\/p>\n

Duluc was chairman and president of a Delaware holding company known as Ulysses Acquisitions Inc.<\/p>\n

Working with co-conspirators in Miami and elsewhere, Duluc obtained identifying information of Medicare beneficiaries by paying kickbacks and stealing beneficiaries\u2019 identifying information.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Team (HEAT), go to:<\/span>www.stopmedicarefraud.gov<\/a>\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

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