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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 46283" data-attributes="member: 158">A judge sentenced the owner of the Deerfield Beach-based Turning Point Sober Home to 30 months in prison <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sober-home-owner-sentenced-30-months-prison-45-million-kickback-scheme" target="_blank">on Wednesday</a> in federal court.Marthe Hippolyte, who operated several drug-and-alcohol-free residences, had pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, to one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act.Prosecutors accused Hippolyte, 59, of accepting about $254,000 in kickbacks and bribes from <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/owner-sentenced-more-27-years-prison-multi-million-dollar-health-care-fraud-and-money" target="_blank">Kenneth Chatman</a>, the operator of a substance abuse treatment center who was convicted of a $4.5 million fraud and sentenced to 27 years in prison.Investigators believe Hippolyte, of Wellington, brought patients from out of state to require them to go to the center several times a week for testing and treatment as part of the fraud.FBI Miami’s special agents got involved after the Greater Palm Beach Health Care Fraud Task Force started the investigation.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/29/sober-homes-owner-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-over-kickback-scheme/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 46283, member: 158"] A judge sentenced the owner of the Deerfield Beach-based Turning Point Sober Home to 30 months in prison [URL='https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sober-home-owner-sentenced-30-months-prison-45-million-kickback-scheme']on Wednesday[/URL] in federal court. Marthe Hippolyte, who operated several drug-and-alcohol-free residences, had pleaded guilty on Jan. 25, to one count of conspiracy to violate the Travel Act. Prosecutors accused Hippolyte, 59, of accepting about $254,000 in kickbacks and bribes from [URL='https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/owner-sentenced-more-27-years-prison-multi-million-dollar-health-care-fraud-and-money']Kenneth Chatman[/URL],[B] [/B]the operator of a substance abuse treatment center who was convicted of a $4.5 million fraud and sentenced to 27 years in prison. Investigators believe Hippolyte, of Wellington, brought patients from out of state to require them to go to the center several times a week for testing and treatment as part of the fraud. FBI Miami’s special agents got involved after the Greater Palm Beach Health Care Fraud Task Force started the investigation. [url="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/29/sober-homes-owner-sentenced-to-30-months-in-prison-over-kickback-scheme/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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