FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) — A Fort Lauderdale man is giving back his properties, two jet skis, and multiple pieces of jewelry as part of a plea agreement for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme worth $36.2 million.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said 35-year-old Omar Solari pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit a healthcare fraud scheme on Tuesday.
According to the plea agreement, Solari and his co-conspirators owned and operated pharmacies that participated in the Medicare program. The DOJ said they paid kickbacks and bribes to telemarketers and telemedicine providers to secure orders for medically unnecessary prescriptions that were then billed to Medicare from September 2018 through November 2021.
Solari also owned and operated a telemarketing company, the plea agreement read. This allowed him to receive kickbacks from the pharmacies in exchange for beneficiary leads he provided, the DOJ said.
Source: South Florida pharmacy owner pleads guilty to $36.2M Medicare fraud scheme / cbs 12 news