The FBI has announced defendant, Lenka Slepickova, of Miami Beach, Florida, pled guilty before United States District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in Miami, to one count of health care fraud conspiracy. The case stemmed from a fraudulent clinical laboratory billing scheme involving Washington Medical Laboratory, Inc. formerly located in Hallandale Beach, Florida. According to information filed with the Court, Slepickova and her co-conspirators submitted more than $2,100,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims from 2004 through 2006.
In April 2007, United States District Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Slepickova's employer and laboratory owner Marcelo de Jesus Serrano to a 57-month term of imprisonment for his role in the health care fraud scheme. Serrano also forfeited in excess of $2.8 million in cash and stock holdings.
Slepickova is scheduled to be sentenced on May 15, 2008. Slepickova faces a maximum punishment of 10 years' imprisonment on the count for which she was convicted.
(From FBI release March 14, 2008)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Medical biller from Miami pleads guilty in laboratory scam
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