Chiropractor, Clinic Owner and Doctor Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Reports U.S. Attorney

Published: 2007-12-28 01:47:03
Author: PRNewswire, January 11, 2007

BOSTON, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Three men from Gloucester, Newton and Marblehead were sentenced late yesterday in federal court on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, health care fraud, and money laundering.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Sharon E. Ormsby, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New England; and Douglas A. Bricker, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that JOHN MONTONI, age 53, of 193 Washington Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts, IGOR MOYSEYEV, age 47, of 20 Keefe Avenue, Newtonville, Massachusetts, and DR. DAVID TAMAREN, age 61, of Marblehead, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton.

Specifically, MONTONI, a chiropractor, was sentenced to 3 years probation, the first 4 months of which are to be spent in home detention. MONTONI was also ordered to cease practicing chiropractic medicine for a period of 3 years, and he was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of approximately $20,000. TAMAREN, a physician, was sentenced to 3 years probation, the first 6 months of which are to be spent in home detention. TAMAREN was also ordered to cease practicing medicine for a period of 3 years, and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 and restitution of approximately $3,000. MOYSEYEV, a physical therapy clinic owner, was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. MOYSEYEV was also ordered to pay approximately $65,000 in restitution.

On September 26, 2006, MONTONI and MOYSEYEV pleaded guilty before Judge Gorton to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and health care fraud. MOYSEYEV also pleaded guilty to a charge of money laundering. Two days later, on September 28, 2006, TAMAREN pleaded guilty before Judge Gorton to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and health care fraud.

At the plea hearings, the prosecutors told the Court that, had the case proceeded to trial, the Government's evidence would have proven that from 1999 to 2001, MONTONI, a chiropractor, treated automobile accident victims at physical therapy clinics in Chelsea and Lynn, including at a Chelsea clinic owned by MOYSEYEV. While working at these clinics, MONTONI and TAMAREN signed numerous prescriptions for electromyograms (a nerve function test) that were never actually performed and MONTONI signed phony reports indicating that the tests had been done. MOYSEYEV then submitted the phony reports to insurance companies for reimbursement. MOYSEYEV also laundered a portion of the proceeds of the fraud by using them to pay the company that prepared the insurance claims forms on his behalf.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb in Sullivan's Organized Crime Strike Force Unit and Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregg D. Shapiro in Sullivan's Health Care Fraud Unit.

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