The former chief executive of Power Mobility Doctor RX (DMERx), Gary Cox, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $452 million (£334.7 million) in relation to a conspiracy to defraud Medicare of approximately $740.6 million (£1 billion). The 79-year-old, based in Maricopa County, was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme involving false doctors' orders to facilitate hundreds of millions of pounds worth of fraudulent claims for a variety of medical products.
Cox was convicted of multiple offences, including wire fraud, three counts of healthcare fraud, conspiracy related to kickbacks within the healthcare sector, and making false statements in connection with healthcare matters.
