Thursday, January 3, 2013

US Medicare Fraudster Caught In Canada


Leonard Nwafor, a US suspect in a $1 million medicare fraud scheme was arrested on Wednesday January 2, 2013 in Toronto, Canada.  Nwafor stands accused of bilking Medicare by selling power wheelchairs that were not required by patients through a company operated by Nwafor in Los Angeles.

In August, U.S. Marshals contacted Canadian authorities in Toronto to request their help in located in Nwafor and they later issued an extradition warrant.  Nwafor had fled the country after being convicted of the fraud, and he was later sentenced to nine years in prison.  Restitution orders included $500,000 in repayments to Medicare and $25,000 in fines.

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