FLORIDA — Four Florida residents have been indicted on federal charges for their alleged roles in a conspiracy involving Medicare fraud, illegal kickbacks, and the falsification of health care records, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
Edward Cannatelli, 60, and Robbyn Cannatelli, 68, both of Parkland, Thomas Farese, 82, of Fort Lauderdale, and Virginia Lockett, 55, of Margate, are accused of participating in two separate criminal conspiracies related to durable medical equipment (DME) fraud.
The defendants allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare using physicians’ orders for braces that were medically unnecessary and often issued without proper patient contact…