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Kickback Scheme Drains Millions from Medicare
16 Feb
Summary
- Doyle ordered to pay over $27 million in restitution.
- Fraudulent scans billed to Medicare and private insurers.
- Scheme used fake agreements to hide illegal payments.
A former operations manager, Doyle, has been sentenced to pay over $27 million in restitution and forfeiture. Doyle pleaded guilty in January 2025 to conspiring to violate the anti-kickback statute. As an operations manager for TCD Co., a Long Island-based company, Doyle allegedly orchestrated a scheme from June 2013 through September 2020.
Prosecutors stated that Doyle conspired with others to offer kickbacks to doctors. These payments, some in cash and others by check, were disguised as rental and administrative service agreements. In return, doctors ordered numerous unnecessary transcranial doppler (TCD) scans, which were then billed to Medicare and private insurers.
