Two former employees from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital were sentenced this week after defrauding the hospital through a kickback scheme, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Santo Saglimbeni, former vice president of facilities operations, and Emilio "Tony" Figueroa, former director of facilities operations, faced a four-count indictment in June 2011. They were convicted on two of the charges in February and pled guilty to the remaining counts in July.
Mr. Saglimbeni was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Mr. Figueroa was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay the same fine. Both men were also ordered to pay more than $600,000 to the hospital in restitution.
Mr. Saglimbeni and Mr. Figueroa awarded contracts for hospital repairs, construction, asbestos abatement and other matters to a co-conspirator's company in exchange for cash, goods and services. The kickbacks rounded out to an estimated $2.3 million.
The judge also entered a preliminary forfeiture order for $2.3 million. That includes bank accounts into which the kickback money was deposited as well as land in Southampton, N.Y., that was bought with a portion of the kickbacks.
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Santo Saglimbeni, former vice president of facilities operations, and Emilio "Tony" Figueroa, former director of facilities operations, faced a four-count indictment in June 2011. They were convicted on two of the charges in February and pled guilty to the remaining counts in July.
Mr. Saglimbeni was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Mr. Figueroa was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay the same fine. Both men were also ordered to pay more than $600,000 to the hospital in restitution.
Mr. Saglimbeni and Mr. Figueroa awarded contracts for hospital repairs, construction, asbestos abatement and other matters to a co-conspirator's company in exchange for cash, goods and services. The kickbacks rounded out to an estimated $2.3 million.
The judge also entered a preliminary forfeiture order for $2.3 million. That includes bank accounts into which the kickback money was deposited as well as land in Southampton, N.Y., that was bought with a portion of the kickbacks.
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