A Falmouth man pleaded guilty in federal court in New Hampshire on Tuesday to participating in a money laundering conspiracy tied to a $6 million Medicare fraud scheme, prosecutors said.
Leo Anzivino, Jr., 35, faces up to 10 years in federal prison. He is scheduled for sentencing Jan. 21.
Federal prosecutors alleged Anzivino helped conceal the identities of the actual owners of Advanced Medical Supply Corp., a medical equipment company based in Rochester, N.H., that submitted more than $6 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
The company billed Medicare for equipment, including knee and back braces, that patients did not need and doctors had not prescribed, prosecutors said. The claims were supported by fraudulent physician orders that the doctors had never written or submitted, according to prosecutors.
Medicare ultimately paid more than $3 million on the claims, prosecutors…
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