JC Perez, a former IMSA racer, has been sentenced to five years in jail over a three-year case that saw him defraud the Medicare system of $109 million, Daily Sportscar reports.
This isn’t exactly shocking news, since Perez’s exploits have been well known for years. From a Marshall Pruett article on Road & Track that warned about the true sources of money from drivers who have no obvious sponsors:
With a beautiful new Mercedes-AMG GT3 entered in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the relatively unknown Perez took a playful stance with the pink, purple, and silver No. 71 machine. Bearing the same sponsorless approach as Lanier, and the Whittington Brothers, his fellow smuggler-racers, Perez commissioned a cartoon-esque livery for the big V-8-powered car, wrapping it with a ‘Chupacabra’ adorning the expansive hood.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice in an October 29 ruling, there’s no question as to whether the Chupacabra-loving Perez is a criminal, since he “pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with submitting more than $109 million in false and fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment (DME) such as arm, back, knee and shoulder braces.”
The DOJ ruling is a fascinating one. It alleges that Perez purchased Medicare patient data and then used it to offer those beneficiaries arm, back, knee, or shoulder braces for a significantly reduced cost. Perez would then submit a Medicare claim for those patients, which he filtered through...
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