Florida man sentenced as part of $11M DME scheme
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:22 AM CDT, Mon June 3, 2024
MIAMI – A Florida man has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after admitting his role in a multimillion-dollar DME kickback scheme and pleading guilty to carrying out a COVID-19 fraud scheme and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, Kareem Memon of Coral Springs, Fla., and his conspirators owned and operated marketing call centers and telemedicine companies through which they obtained orders for DME for Medicare beneficiaries without regard to medical necessity. They provided orders in exchange for bribes from DME companies that provided the braces to Medicare beneficiaries. Memon and his conspirators caused losses to Medicare of more than $11 million. Memon, 34, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
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