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Post by Logan on Apr 23, 2017 3:05:02 GMT -6
A Somerset doctor was sentenced Friday to five years in prison after being convicted of submitting false bills to Medicaid, according to a news release from Attorney General Andy Beshear. Ezekiel Akande, 58, also was ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution, Beshear said in a news release. A jury convicted Akande of Medicaid fraud and theft in March. -snip- Akande is charged in a separate case in federal court with illegally distributing drugs through his practice; operating a drug premise; submitting bills to Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not medically necessary; and engaging in financial transactions involving money derived from a crime. The government is seeking a financial judgment of $1.9 million from Akande in that case, representing the gross proceeds of alleged illegal activity between March 2012 and May 2016. Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/state/article146090794.html
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