The U.S. Attorney's office said Thursday four people were sentenced for their part in Medicare fraud of more than $1 million at Milpitas Medical Clinic. Tests at the clinic were based on falsified physician orders, investigators said. Alexander Dzhuga, owner of Direct Vision Inc. was sentenced to 21 months in prison. Leonid Dzhuga, the owner of National Diagnostic Inc., was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Vladimir Semenov, the owner of Pulse Diagnostic Services Inc., was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Natalia Stadnik, the owner of Prolink Diagnostic Inc., was sentenced to six months of home confinement, 200 hours of community service and three years of probation. All four defendants were additionally order to pay restitution to Medicare amounting to $909,000. The four owners of the ultrasound companies admitted that they knew Medicare patients had been recruited to the Milpitas Medical Clinic by promising them free transportation, food, and medical care, investigators said. Upon arrival at the clinic, workers at the clinic copied the beneficiaries' Medicare cards. Other workers presented themselves as physicians and nurses and conducted a cursory examination of the beneficiaries.
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