Man facing massive restitution payment for $30M scheme targeting Medicare patients

Man facing massive restitution payment for $30M scheme targeting Medicare patients

A businessman who perpetrated a nearly $30 million health care fraud could be forced to pay back more than $15 million in restitution after agreeing to plead guilty to federal charges this week.Raju Sharma, 61, of Sharon, owned a medical device company that targeted Medicare beneficiaries by billing the federal health care program for devices the patients often did not need, according to federal prosecutors.