Aleksandr Kharkover Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme Involving False Billings to Medicare

Source- http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/May/11-crm-617.html

WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn physical therapist pleaded guilty today for his role in submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy services that were medically unnecessary and never provided, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).

Aleksandr Kharkover, 49, pleaded guilty before U.S . Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go in the Eastern District of New York to an indictment charging him with five counts of health care fraud. Kharkover faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count of health care fraud. His sentencing has not yet been scheduled.

According to the indictment, between January 2005 and July 2010, Kharkover caused the submission of approximately $11.9 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for physical therapy services that were not performed and were not medically necessary. According to the indictment, Kharkover hired individuals who were not certified as physical therapy assistants to purportedly provide physical therapy to Medicare beneficiaries.


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