![]() ![]() “We trust that the work with our law enforcement partners – especially the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, said. ![]() Lampert, Special Agent in Charge for the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. “These two individuals masterminded an elaborate health care fraud scheme based on nothing more than greed,” Scott J. The FBI, with its law enforcement partners, will continue to allocate a significant amount of expert resources to investigate these crimes and prosecute all those that are intent in defrauding the American public.” Today’s sentencing of David Nicoll and his brother Scott Nicoll are the result of a multi-agency investigation into a complex health care fraud scheme, requiring substantial investigative resources. “Fraud and abuse take critical resources out of our health care system, and contribute to the rising cost of health care for everyone. “The FBI views health care fraud as a severe crime problem that impacts every American,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. On June 28, 2016, BLS, which is no longer operational, pleaded guilty and was required to forfeit all of its assets. ![]() The investigation has recovered more than $15 million through forfeiture. It is believed to be the largest number of medical professionals ever prosecuted in a bribery case. The investigation has resulted in the convictions of 53 defendants – 38 of them of doctors – in connection with the bribery scheme, which its organizers have admitted involved millions of dollars in bribes and resulted in more than $100 million in payments to BLS from Medicare and various private insurance companies. The number of doctors and medical professionals sent to prison in this case should make that message abundantly clear.” “Medical referrals from a doctor should be based on what’s in the patient’s best interest, not on how much money the doctor is offered in kickbacks. “Today, the president of a diagnostic lab company and his brother were sentenced for their leading roles in a scam that led to one of the largest ever prosecutions of medical professionals in a bribery case,” U.S. It‘s about time….“David and Scott Nicoll admitted that BLS made substantially more than $100 million from Medicare and private insurance companies – just from bills related to blood specimens sent to BLS by bribed doctors.” These crimes were going on for over a decade but finally Trump’s DOJ shows some teeth and looks like it’s going after those parasites. No wonder people of this country elected Donald Tump as President. Judge Chesler imposed the sentences today in Newark federal court.ĭerek Michalski explained, “Two crooked New Jersey “entrepreneurs” doctors pocketed more than $100 million from Medicare. Chesler to an information charging one count of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal Travel Act and one count of money laundering. Each defendant had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.ĭavid Nicoll, 44, of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, was sentenced to 72 months in prison Scott Nicoll, 37, of Wayne, New Jersey, was sentenced to 43 months in prison. – The president of Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS) and his brother – a senior employee at the now-defunct company – were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in a conspiracy in which millions of dollars in bribes were paid to physicians for blood sample referrals worth more than $100 million to the company, U.S. ![]()
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