A healthcare business founder and owner was convicted Wednesday over what the Acting U.S. Attorney General called one of the "most egregious" Medicare fraud schemes in Florida history.
Brett Blackman's conviction over the $1 million-plus scheme falls amid a concerted effort by the Trump administration to put a stop to what it sees as widespread fraud schemes targeting Medicare and Medicaid funding by so-called bad actor companies filing false claims or placing patients on unnecessary treatments.
Blackman now faces up to 30 years in prison over healthcare fraud, wire fraud, and other convictions. His coconspirator, Gary Cox, was previously convicted and sentenced to 15 years over his part in the scheme.
“The Department of Justice crushed one of the most egregious fraud schemes in Florida history,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a press release Thursday. “This illegitimate operation stole more than $1 billion from American taxpayers — including hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries.
"This was cold, calculated, industrial-scale theft targeting the sick and elderly, coercing vulnerable people into buying unnecessary medical equipment. We will not rest until every fraudster ripping off the American people is held accountable.”
According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Blackman, 42, of Johnson County, Kansas, worked with co-conspirators to target hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, many of whom...
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