A federal jury has convicted a Stark County businessman of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of $2 million through a five-year billing scheme.
Thomas O'Lear, 57, of Lake Township, billed for X-ray-related services that his company, Portable Radiology Services, did not provide and made false statements and invoices to cover up the fraud, according to federal prosecutors.
O'Lear's trial was heard in U.S. District Court in Cleveland by Judge Dan Polster.
The panel convicted O'Lear on Wednesday after hearing five days of testimony. He was indicted in 2019.
His sentencing is set for Aug. 2. He faces dozens of years in prison.
O'Lear was president of Portable Radiology Services (PRS), with locations on 20th Street NW in Canton, Kennemer Circle NW in Lake Township, Coblentz Avenue NW in Lake Township and Cleveland, according to federal records filed in the case.
PRS provided portable X-ray-related services to residents of nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities and long-term care facilities, according to the indictment.
Between January 2013 and December 2017, O'Lear submitted false claims to be reimbursed by Medicaid, Medicare and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations for work his business did not provide, according to federal prosecutors.
Those included around 151 X-ray false claims of service to patients on dates after the patients had died, federal prosecutors said.
"Evidence also proved that O’Lear billed Medicare...
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