Joseph Nwankwo, 59, of Houston, and Stacey Ajajo, 51, of Richmond, co-owned Hefty Healthcare Services and secured patient referrals by paying illegal kickbacks and fraudulently billed Medicare, according to the release. Mr. Nwankwo was also convicted of bribing a physician to authorize medically unnecessary home healthcare services.
Mr. Nwankwo was sentenced to 36 months in prison and must pay $1.2 million to Medicare. Ms. Ajajo was sentenced to 14 months and must pay $238,174.
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