Jerry Bullard: Healthcare Fraud

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Jerry Bullard was involved in healthcare fraud, it was one of the largest medicare fraud schemes in history tha cost the government $375 million over six years. Jerry C. Bullard was responsible for $583,688 of that. The federal judge determined he owed $317,779 in restitution. Jerry Bullard pled guilty in February 2012 to a single count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Jerry Bullard worked in the durable medical equpiment department of the Desoto based medistat group associates. He joined forced with Okey Nwagbara who was an owner of a medeequip and supplies equpiment company. Bullard, upon receiving cash payments from Okey Nwagbara would forge the owner of the company he worked for (Desoto Medistat Group) JRoy MD's name on prescription

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