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Published 1 year ago

Texas Group Home Owners Sentenced in $1 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Lindell King, 53, and Ynedra Diggs, 45, were patient recruiters who owned and operated group homes in which Medicare beneficiaries lived. In exchange for sending their group home residents to the Behavioral Medicine of Houston (BMH), BMH paid Diggs and King illegal kickbacks in cash and by check. BMH fraudulently billed approximately $1 million to Medicare in claims related to patients it received in exchange for the kickbacks.

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Texas Group Home Owners Sentenced in $1 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A Texas married couple was sentenced today for a $1 million Medicare fraud scheme, including violations of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. Lindell King, 53, of Missouri City, was sentenced to 60 months in prison. Ynedra Diggs, 45, also of Missouri City, was sentenced to 70 months in prison. King and Diggs were also ordered to pay $537,992.55 in restitution. On April 4, King and Diggs were convicted after trial in the Southern District of Texa…

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