Overview
- French received a 196-month prison term, $110,753,619 in restitution, and about $17 million in forfeited assets.
- A jury in February found him guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and a kickback conspiracy.
- Prosecutors said he used overseas call centers that pressured seniors, altered call recordings, and sham telemedicine to get signed orders for unneeded orthotic braces.
- He hid his control of eight medical equipment suppliers with straw owners and then billed Medicare and the VA’s CHAMPVA program for nearly $197 million.
- HHS‑OIG, the FBI, and VA OIG led the probe, and DOJ cast the outcome as part of a broader fraud crackdown that includes its new Fraud Division and the Health Care Fraud Strike Force.