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\"\"A Florida woman was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for a scheme to solicit and receive illegal kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referring residents of her sober home to a substance abuse treatment center, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The treatment center billed insurance companies $4.5 million for medically unnecessary drug testing and purported substance abuse treatment provided to those residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to court documents, Marthe Hippolyte, 59, of Wellington, owned Turning Point Sober Home Inc. and a related marketing company, through which she operated several sober living residences in Florida to house individuals in a drug- and alcohol-free environment while they received treatment at substance abuse treatment centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Hippolyte accepted approximately $254,000 in kickbacks and bribes, often disguised as management fees, from Kenneth Chatman, the operator of Reflections Treatment Center (RTC), a treatment center that purported to operate as a licensed substance abuse treatment center. <\/span><\/p>\n

In exchange for the kickbacks and bribes, Hippolyte helped bring in patients from outside Florida who could be referred to RTC and required residents of Turning Point\u2019s sober homes to travel to RTC several times per week to attend purported substance abuse treatment sessions and submit to urine drug testing. <\/span><\/p>\n

The residents referred to RTC by Hippolyte, Chatman and others billed private insurers $4.5 million for substance abuse and bodily fluid testing that was medically unnecessary, not reimbursable, and not provided as represented.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hippolyte pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, to one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act. Chatman pleaded guilty in 2017 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and was sentenced to 330 months imprisonment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorney Gary A. Winters of the Fraud Section\u2019s National Rapid Response Strike Force is prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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