Ossei owned Oakdale, MN based Midwest Home Health Care Systems, Inc., a home health care provider, and Midwest Health Care Systems, Inc., a personal care agency.

During his guilty plea hearing, Ossei admitted that beginning in January 1996 and continuing until about 2001, he defrauded Medicare of $255,608 by submitting false and fraudulent documents that represented non-Medicare expenses as legitimate Medicare expenses.

Ossei also admitted to willfully filing a false tax return in October 1998.  Ossei admitted paying himself approximately $90,552 from his businesses which was not reported as income on his tax return.  As a result, Ossei understated his tax due and owing by $29,980.

Ossei faces a maximum potential penalty of ten years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine for health care fraud and up to three years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine for filing a false tax return.  The actual sentence will be determined by Judge Kyle based on the federal sentencing guidelines.  a sentencing date has not been set.

The case is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.  Assistant United States Attorney John Marti prosecuted the case.