Press Release
MIAMI DME OWNER SENTENCED FOR MEDICARE FRAUD
October 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced today's sentencing of defendant Michael Miranda. Miranda was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan to 366 days' imprisonment, to be followed by one year of supervised release. In addition, the defendant paid $142,707 in restitution at the time of his sentencing.
According to the Information and the factual proffer read in open court at the time of the plea, on May 27, 2004, the defendant became the owner of L&L Medical Equipment Inc. (L&L Medical), a Florida corporation that purportedly provided durable medical equipment (DME) to Medicare beneficiaries in Miami-Dade County. The defendant submitted documents to Medicare, stating that he was the party responsible for billings submitted by L&L and that he was a signatory to L&L's corporate bank account. Investigation revealed that once the defendant took over L&L, the company billed Medicare $1,064,778 for services that were not provided to Medicare beneficiaries. As a result of these fraudulent claims, Medicare paid L&L approximately $142, 707.
Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel Bernstein.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
Technical comments about this website can be e-mailed to the Webmaster. PLEASE NOTE: The United States Attorney's Office does not respond to non-technical inquiries made to this website. If you wish to make a request for information, you may contact our office at 305-961-9001, or you may send a written inquiry to the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, 99 NE 4th Street, Miami, Fl. 33132.