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Criminal Investigation | March 4, 2020

Lecanto Medical Biller Sentenced In Large Healthcare Fraud Scheme

DCIS

Tampa, FL- U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Teresa Johnson (53, Lecanto) to five years' probation, with four months of home detention, for conspiring with a local doctor to commit health care fraud. As part of her sentence, the court also ordered Johnson to pay restitution to the defrauded federal health care programs and, entered a money judgment of more than $5,700, representing a portion of Johnson's health care fraud proceeds.