{"id":60694,"date":"2026-03-30T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=60694"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:59:40","slug":"fugitive-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-a-61-5-million-health-care-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=60694","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for a $61.5 Million Health Care Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:cb4062a3-a69f-466e-b410-85e10b8e31c8-2\" 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sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and six months in prison for leading a $61.5 million health care and wire fraud scheme that targeted Medicare beneficiaries through deceptive telemarketing, federal officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"579\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Leon Smith III, 50, of Archer City, Texas, owned and operated seven durable medical equipment supply companies in Florida, Texas and Maryland. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"579\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Through those companies, he submitted millions of dollars in false Medicare claims for orthotic braces and foot baths that patients did not need, according to court records and trial evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"924\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Prosecutors stated Smith also ran a Texas-based marketing company that used an offshore call center in the Philippines to target Medicare beneficiaries nationwide. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"924\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Telemarketers pushed unnecessary braces, foot baths and genetic tests, and recordings played at trial captured Smith pressuring patients to accept the items even after they refused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1224\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12931 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fraud-medicare-card-cube-e1499997089362-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fraud-medicare-card-cube-e1499997089362-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/fraud-medicare-card-cube-e1499997089362.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Authorities said Smith obtained doctors\u2019 orders by paying kickbacks and bribes to telemedicine companies, then sold those orders to medical suppliers he knew would use them to file fraudulent Medicare claims. Testimony showed the scheme later relied on fake orders with forged physician signatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1495\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Smith pleaded guilty in March 2025 to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and to one count of health care fraud, after four days of trial. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1495\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He later failed to appear for sentencing and was captured more than a month later by the U.S. Marshals Service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1619\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A judge ordered Smith to pay $30.2 million in restitution, forfeit more than $9.2 million and surrender Texas real estate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\" 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