A former national sales director from a New York-based mobile diagnostic company pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to participating in a scheme involving kickbacks to doctors. David Fuhrmann, 60, admitted to conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton set his sentencing for July 10, 2025.
Fuhrmann, from Port Jefferson, N.Y., engaged in the scheme from at least June 2013 through September 2020. He collaborated with two managers of a mobile medical diagnostics company that conducted transcranial doppler (TCD) scans. Together, they formed kickback agreements with several doctors. These agreements had the doctors receive payments based on the number of TCD ultrasounds they ordered. Different forms of compensation were used, including cash and checks. Fuhrmann and his partners disguised these payments through rental and administrative service agreements, purporting that doctors were paid fairly for the use of their space and resources, rather than for referrals.
Charging documents reveal that the fraudulent arrangement led to roughly $70.6 million in false Medicare claims.
The charge of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute can result in a prison sentence of up to five years, three years of supervised release, and a fine reaching $250,000. Sentences are determined in accordance with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and related statutes.
This case is being prosecuted by United States Attorney Leah B. Foley, along with Special Agents in Charge Roberto Coviello of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, Jodi Cohen of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Thomas Demeo of the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division, Boston Field Office, Kelly M. Lawson of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, Boston Regional Office, Ketty Larco-Ward of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division, and Christopher Algieri of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, Northeast Field Office. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Howard Locker and Mackenzie Queenin from the Health Care Fraud Unit are handling the prosecution.