Doctor Sentenced in Telemarketing Scheme

Dr. Thomas Andrew Webster was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay almost $840,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to conspiring to accept kickbacks in connection with a fraudulent telemarketing and medical supply scheme. A company would use telemarketers to obtain patients’ personal and health information and create fake medical records and fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) orders, which Webster would then sign. Read a Department of Justice press release.

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