A married couple who owned multiple diagnostic testing facilities in New York City were sentenced to three years in prison for their roles in an $18 million healthcare fraud scheme.
Tea Kaganovich, 50, and Ramazi Mitaishvili, 62, paid more than $18 million in kickbacks for the referral of beneficiaries who submitted themselves to testing and other medical services, according to a Dec. 1 Justice Department news release.
The couple falsely reported that the illegal kickback payments were legitimate business expenses to the IRS, claiming deductions to which they were not entitled.