Medicare Fraud Conspirator Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for Bogus Doctors’ Orders Scheme
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A New York man was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the office of Adair Ford Boroughs, the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina, announced Thursday. Jeffrey Brooks, 40, was found to have created bogus doctors’ orders using medical information bought from call centers to bilk Medicare for millions. Brooks also paid $850,000 last year in a …