Georgian sentenced for medicare fraud

A former executive guilty of Medicare fraud gets nearly six years in prison. Forty-four year old Angela Isley of Atlanta stole more than 600 thousand dollars in state funds and more than 360 thousand from the medical supply company Orthoscript.

Officials say Isley assigned incorrect product codes to items at the Alpharetta-based company in order to receive higher payments from Medicare. She also used company checks to pay personal credit card bills.

As punishment, Isley must also pay restitution and a fine totaling just below one million dollars.

In a related case, a partner in the company received five years probation for not reporting Isley’s crimes.

Exec guilty of Medicaid fraud

A former executive was found guilty of Medicare fraud yesterday. Angela Isley of Atlanta stole more than 600 thousand dollars in state funds and more than 360 thousand from the medical supply company Orthoscript.

Officials say Isley assigned incorrect product codes to items at the Alpharetta-based company in order to receive higher payments from Medicare. She also used company checks to pay personal credit card bills.

Isley faces a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and hefty fines for health care fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. She will be sentenced in July.