Christopher Harwood, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was ordered to forfeit $10,431,463 on top of paying $17,942,402 in restitution to Medicare. The orders came with a 20-year prison sentence handed down October 23 for organizing a Medicare fraud conspiracy that ran more than six years, the Justice Department says. Harwood owned and operated a telemedicine company called TelevisitMD.
Forfeiture and restitution are two separate bills
Restitution goes to Medicare to make up for what it paid. Harwood owes $17,942,402, which matches the $17.9 million Medicare paid on his conspiracy’s claims. Forfeiture is a second order, $10,431,463, that takes proceeds from the defendant.
The forfeiture lines up with the profit figure in the release: Harwood personally profited more than $10.4 million, it says. Added together, the two orders total $28,373,865, a sum worked out here rather than one the government states…