Four Are Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud
A Huntington Beach man and three other people were convicted Friday in a $24-million healthcare billing scam.
Phu Luong, 51, manager of United Medical Supply, received Medicare funds for unnecessary motorized wheelchairs and nutrition that patients often didn’t receive, a federal jury found.
Employees Sareth That, 56, of Long Beach, Mo Thi Pham, 50, of Westminster and Peter Kim, 82, of Los Angeles were also convicted.
Sentencing for all four was set for July 10.
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