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Jul 2, 2009 5:13 am US/Pacific

LA Man Convicted Of Defrauding Medicare For $7.7M

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Prosecutors say a Los Angeles man who prescribed unnecessary motorized wheelchairs using a doctor's stolen identity has been convicted for his part in defrauding Medicare for $7.7 million.

The United States Attorney's Office said in a news release Wednesday that 59-year-old Ronald Luis Bradshaw was found guilty of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Lu says that between 2005 and 2008 Bradshaw prescribed hundreds of motorized wheelchairs and other devices to medicare beneficiaries, some of whom testified they were recruited with the promise of free exams or free medical equipment.

Bradshaw is scheduled to be sentenced in November.

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