A federal jury has convicted a physician assistant for his role in a $7.7 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, United States Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien and Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson of the Department of Health & Human Services.

After a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Ronald Luis Bradshaw, 59, of North Hollywood, guilty on all charged counts, including conspiracy to commit health care fraud, multiple counts of health fraud and aggravated identity theft for prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment to hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries under the stolen identity of a doctor. Read the rest of this entry »