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throughline No. 240 November 2, 2026

TelevisitMD owner sentenced to 20 years for Medicare fraud

The sentence orders restitution of $17,942,402, tracking what Medicare paid, and forfeiture of $10,431,463, tracking what he kept. The product was a doctor's order signed without a real relationship and then sold. Section 1349 borrows the penalty of the object offense, and the wire-fraud object is not more than 20 years.

The sentence orders restitution of $17,942,402, tracking what Medicare paid, and forfeiture of $10,431,463, tracking what he kept. The product was a doctor's order signed without a real relationship and then sold. Section 1349 borrows the penalty of the object offense, and the wire-fraud object is not more than 20 years.

On October 23, 2026, the owner of TelevisitMD was sentenced to 20 years for a conspiracy the department says caused $46.2 million in false Medicare claims.

Why it matters: Medicare paid $17.9 million on the claims. A beneficiary can find an orthotic brace or a genetic test on the summary notice that the person did not ask for. The supplier and the date are the start of the question.

Date to watch: November 6, 2026 is 14 days after October 23 only if the judgment in case 25-cr-60138 was entered that day. The release does not give the entry date. A court may add up to 30 days on a finding of excusable neglect or good cause.

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