{"id":57985,"date":"2024-12-07T17:51:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57985"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:53:21","slug":"telemarketer-sentenced-for-67-million-health-care-fraud-and-money-laundering-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=57985","title":{"rendered":"Telemarketer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $67 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"A Florida man was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to defraud Medicare by billing over $67 million for medically unnecessary genetic testing, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jose Goyos, 38, of West Palm Beach, worked at a call center involved in fraudulent telemarketing targeting Medicare beneficiaries and their doctors, according to court documents and trial evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goyos oversaw the \u201cdoctor chase\u201d division, which contacted primary care physicians to deceive them into ordering unnecessary genetic tests based on fabricated paperwork created by the call center.<\/span><\/p>\n

He instructed employees to falsely claim that the Medicare beneficiaries were \u201cmutual patients\u201d who had requested the tests and had medical conditions warranting them\u2014neither of which was true.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"LaGoyos and his accomplices used fraudulent doctor orders to bill Medicare for costly, unnecessary genetic tests. The test results were often not shared with beneficiaries\u2019 primary care physicians or used in their treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between May 2020 and July 2021, they submitted over $67 million in false claims to Medicare, receiving more than $53 million in payments.<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2023, a jury found Goyos guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine additional Florida residents were previously sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy:<\/span><\/p>\n