In May, Olga Popovych was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn for her role in an $8 million health care fraud conspiracy. Popovych was an office manager of several physical therapy clinics that paid cash kickbacks to ambulette drivers who recruited Medicare patients to transport to clinics, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. At trial, it was found that Popovych was personally involved with paying the kickbacks, and that she falsified medical records showing that physical therapists who were not actually at the various clinics treated the patients. Between 2018 and 2020, Medicare paid these clinics over $8 million.
Popovych was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters, four counts of health care fraud, and three counts of making false statements relating to health care matters. When sentenced, she faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each health care fraud conviction and 5 years for each false statements count.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office
