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Nigerian man sentenced to four years in prison for $8.3 million fraud in U.S - Edoman - 08-23-2019 Nigerian man sentenced to four years in prison for $8.3 million fraud in U.S 47-year-old Ayodeji Fatunmbi, has been handed a 4-year-jail sentence after being found guilty of defrauding the United States government of $8.3 million through a fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) scheme. The Nigerian man was sentenced to 4 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder, and also ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution to American government. He was charged for the fraudulent act alongside 47-year-old Olufunke Fadojutimi of Carson in California and 44-year-old Maritza Elizabeth Velasquez from Las Vegas in Nevada. The statement on the US Department of State Website reads in part; Quote:As part of his guilty plea, Fatunmbi admitted that he and others paid cash kickbacks to patient recruiters and physicians for fraudulent prescriptions for DME such as power wheelchairs, which the Medicare beneficiaries did not have a legitimate medical need. Fatunmbi and co-conspirators caused Lutemi Medical Supply (Lutemi), a DME supply company that he co-ran, to submit approximately $8.3 million in claims to Medicare, which resulted in the company being paid over $3.5 million. |