Central Texas Chiropractor Gets 14-Year Sentence for Work Comp Referral Scam

June 14, 2016

A Central Texas chiropractor must serve 14 years in prison and repay the U.S. government nearly $18 million in a workers’ compensation referral scam.

Prosecutors say Garry Wayne Craighead of Leander ran clinics mainly treating injured U.S. Postal Service workers covered by the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act.

Craighead was sentenced by a federal judge in Austin.

The 49-year-old Craighead in December pleaded guilty to solicitation and receipt of illegal remunerations in federal health programs and to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.

Craighead operated clinics in Austin, San Antonio, Killeen, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth and Weslaco.

Authorities say Craighead, from 2008 through 2015, solicited and received kickbacks from health care providers in return for referring patients to those businesses for services.

Topics Texas Workers' Compensation

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  • June 15, 2016 at 10:45 am
    caffiend says:
    So... Him basically stealing from the Federal Gov and causing us to eventually pay more in taxes due to not only his fraud but the costs to investigate / prosecute / and incar... read more
  • June 15, 2016 at 9:30 am
    Fair Playing Field says:
    Wow. Did you have breakfast at the liquor cabinet today, Wayne? Can you provide an example of an illegal immigrant who has "committed mayhem" in the United States that is curr... read more
  • June 15, 2016 at 8:47 am
    wayne smith says:
    So illegal immigrants can come here illegally, commit mayhem, break our laws, etc., and they are viewed as civil rights heroes. And this guy gets this much time? Seems a bit... read more

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