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Man gets five years for wheelchair fraud
11:07 PM CST on Monday, December 1, 2008
HOUSTON -- A Houston businessman has been sentenced to five years in prison in a motorized wheelchair fraud scheme.
A federal judge in Houston on Monday also ordered 55-year-old Edem James Etuk to repay nearly $1.6 million to Medicare and Medicaid.
Prosecutors say Etuk formerly owned PMS Medical Equipment Distributors.
Etuk in 2007 pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud Medicare and health care fraud.
A federal jury in September convicted Dr. Michael D. Kim of Houston of conspiracy and 17 counts of health care fraud in a related investigation. Sentencing is Feb. 12.
Prosecutors say Etuk defrauded the government in a kickbacks and billing scam over motorized wheelchairs that were not required by Medicare beneficiaries, not delivered, or both.
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