Justice Dept.: Arizona Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.2B Health Care Fraud
February 01, 2025
February 01, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025:
An Arizona couple pleaded guilty for causing over $1.2 billion of false and fraudulent claims to be submitted to Medicare and other health insurance programs for expensive, medically unnecessary wound grafts that were applied to elderly and terminally ill patients.
According to court documents, Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and her husband, Jeffrey King, 46, both of Phoenix, . . .
An Arizona couple pleaded guilty for causing over $1.2 billion of false and fraudulent claims to be submitted to Medicare and other health insurance programs for expensive, medically unnecessary wound grafts that were applied to elderly and terminally ill patients.
According to court documents, Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and her husband, Jeffrey King, 46, both of Phoenix, . . .