A former physician from Fairfield, Conn., was the second person convicted in a fraud scheme after he pleaded guilty to making a false statement related to healthcare yesterday, according to Connecticut Post report.
Francisco R. Carbone, MD, pleaded guilty to two federal charges of conspiring to commit mail fraud and single charges of conspiring to distribute narcotic substances and making a false statement related to healthcare.
The fraudulent activity occurred from Dec. 2006-Feb. 2010. Dr. Carbone, formerly an internist, would accept patient referrals from a local attorney. He would fabricate reports without seeing patients. These documents were then given to the lawyer for use in negotiations to increase the eventual settlement paid by insurance companies. At the time of the activity, Dr. Carbone did not have a valid medical license.
Dr. Carbone's license was suspended for five years when he pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud in 1998. It was then revoked when he was implicated in another FBI healthcare probe in 2005. He faces up to 71 months in prison for the charges.
Read the Connecticut Post report on Dr. Francisco Carbone.
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Francisco R. Carbone, MD, pleaded guilty to two federal charges of conspiring to commit mail fraud and single charges of conspiring to distribute narcotic substances and making a false statement related to healthcare.
The fraudulent activity occurred from Dec. 2006-Feb. 2010. Dr. Carbone, formerly an internist, would accept patient referrals from a local attorney. He would fabricate reports without seeing patients. These documents were then given to the lawyer for use in negotiations to increase the eventual settlement paid by insurance companies. At the time of the activity, Dr. Carbone did not have a valid medical license.
Dr. Carbone's license was suspended for five years when he pleaded guilty to Medicare fraud in 1998. It was then revoked when he was implicated in another FBI healthcare probe in 2005. He faces up to 71 months in prison for the charges.
Read the Connecticut Post report on Dr. Francisco Carbone.
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