SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A Sarasota nurse practitioner and two Tampa Bay-area nurses have been charged in an alleged Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $118 million in wound care billing, according to the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Leigh Tesar, 44, of Sarasota; Walter Presha Jr., 51, of Ellenton; and Koby Evans, 31, of Apollo Beach, were charged by indictment in the case.
Prosecutors said the three were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks. Tesar was also charged with health care fraud and payment of health care kickbacks. Presha and Evans were also charged with receiving health care kickbacks…