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New York Doctor Gets 3 Years for Taking Bribes From Lab Company

A New York doctor is headed to prison for three years for his role in a long-running bribes-for-test-referrals scheme involving a New Jersey lab company. Federal prosecutors say Bret Ostrager received a 37-month sentence Wednesday. He also must forfeit $101,271. …

Bribery Probe Into N.J. Lab Nets $12M, More Than 2 Dozen Doctors

An ongoing federal investigation of a New Jersey medical laboratory has netted guilty pleas from more than two dozen doctors, the latest from a physician who admitted taking cash bribes from lab employees. Bret Ostrager, 50, a Woodbury, New York, …

Doctor Sentenced to Prison in New Jersey Lab Referral Scheme

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 …