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$1.2 billionin false claims for wound grafts in about 19 months

An Arizona couple's companies submitted more than $1.2 billion in false claims for expensive amniotic wound grafts between November 2022 and May 2024, and insurers paid $614,990,420.

Both pleaded guilty. Courthouse News reported sentences of 15 and 14 years in October 2025.

Source: US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs · Courthouse News Service. Read more: skin substitute wound graft fraud · case file

Sources

  1. Arizona Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.2B Health Care Fraud. US Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. Accessed 2026-10-19.
  2. Arizona Medicare fraudster gets 14 years. Courthouse News Service. Accessed 2026-10-19.