Last of 21 Defendants Sentenced in Private Insurance Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
On October 10, 2007 Dmitry Rakovsky was sentenced by United States District Judge Marcia G. Cooke in Miami, Florida. Rakovsky was sentenced to a term of 59 months in prison,
to be followed by a term of three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit property and pay restitution in the amount of $900,000.
Rakovsky, and co-defendants Boris Royzen and his wife Eva Royzen, were charged in a twenty-one (21) defendant, thirty-three (33) count health care fraud Indictment. The Indictment charged doctors, chiropractors, massage therapists, an office manager, and four medical clinics, Vista Mar Medical Rehab Corp., Plantation Medical Recovery Center, Inc., Romana Medical, Inc., and Dial Medical Rehab, Inc., with health care fraud. Rakovsky was the final defendant to be sentenced in this case.
Previously Boris Royzen was sentenced to 40 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit property and pay $1.8 million restitution. His wife, Eva, was previously sentenced to three years of probation, forfeit property and pay restitution in the amount of $1.8 million. The medical clinics were ordered to pay restitution as follows: Vista Mar: $70,674.08; Romana Medical: $20,641.85; Plantation Medical Recovery: $31,292.75; and Dial Medical: $13,818.06.
