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.
