A Long Island, New York, doctor has been sentenced to prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving a New Jersey lab.
A federal judge in Newark, New Jersey, sentenced Brett Halper of Glen Head, New York, to 46 months in prison on Nov. 18. The 41-year-old, who practiced in Rockville Centre, New York, had pleaded guilty to accepting bribes.
Halper was among more than three dozen people charged in the scheme run by Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services.
Halper admitted that from 2011 to 2013 he referred about $2.9 million worth of business to the lab, and was often paid more than $5,000 per month.
The U.S. attorney’s office says the lab received more than $100 million from Medicare and private insurers.
Company president David Nicoll awaits sentencing on conspiracy and money laundering charges.
Topics New York New Jersey
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