3/2/2020 Five Defendants Sentenced in South Florida to Prison Terms for Their Roles in Tricare and Medicare Fraud Scheme I USAO-SDFL I Depa .. . TH , N] .E. D ST AT ES ATT RN E ' Of'F 'l E SOUTHER. DIS ' rRICT/ FLORIOA U.S. Attorney~» Southern District of Florida» News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida Thursday, February 27, 2020 Five Defendants Sentenced in South Florida to Prison Terms for Their Roles in Tricare and Medicare Fraud Scheme MIAMI - This week, U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced five defendants, including a doctor, to federal prison terms for their roles in a scheme that defrauded Tricare and Medicare out of more than $9.6 million. The defendants tricked beneficiaries into having the federal health care programs pay for medically unnecessary compounded prescription medicines and cancer genetic tests. Their sentences are as follows: • Dr. Mangala Ramamurthy, 64, of Texas was sentenced to 34 months for her role in the scheme: prescribing compounded pain creams and referring Genetic Cancer tests that were medically unnecessary. Dr. Ramamurthy earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and conspiracy to receive healthcare kickbacks. • John Scholtes, 56 of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced to 97 months for his role in the scheme. Scholtes earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and conspiracy to receive healthcare kickbacks. • Anthony Mauzy, 43, of California, was sentenced to 49 months for his role in the scheme. Mauzy earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. • Thomas Sahs, 41, of California, was sentenced to 45 months for his role in the scheme. Sahs earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. • Rajesh Mahbubani, 46, of Texas, was sentenced to 49 months for his role in the scheme. Mahbubani earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. On January 31 , 2020, a sixth co-conspirator, Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy, 38, of Texas, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for his role in the scheme. S.K. Ramamurthy earlier pied guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the US, and conspiracy to receive healthcare kickbacks. S.K. Ramamurthy is the son of Dr. Ramamurthy. Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Cynthia Bruce, Special Agent in Charge, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Southeast Field Office, and SAC Omar Perez Aybar, Special Agent in Charge for Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) made the announcement. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/five-defendants-sentenced-south-florida-prison-terms-their-roles-tricare-and-medicare 1/2