A federal grand jury in Wichita (Kan.) returned an indictment on Aug. 19 charging two Kansas men with engaging in a healthcare fraud scheme, which resulted in more than $3.7 million in payments from Medicare and Tricare over three years.
Brothers Bradley Eck and Todd Eck, both of Wichita, are accused of allegedly creating several businesses between 2017 and 2019 and misrepresenting the ownership of the enterprises, submitting false billing documents for medical services not administered to patients, using a physician's provider number without his authorization, and falsifying the physician's electronic signature indicating that he performed medical procedures he did not.
The Eck brothers are charged with the following:
- One count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud;
- Two counts of false statements related to healthcare matters;
- One count of healthcare fraud;
- Three counts of aggravated identity theft;
- Two counts of money laundering; and
- One count of money laundering conspiracy.