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'Robin Hood' doctor sentenced in healthcare fraud

By NJ.com  
   March 15, 2016

Calling the former Bergen County physician a "Robin Hood," a federal judge Monday sentenced Albert Ades to three years in jail for systematically billing public and private insurers for medical care he did not give. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas rejected a defense request to sentence Ades, 61, to home confinement, even while acknowledging the outpouring of support Ades received — including a courtroom packed with supporters — and the free care he had given over a decades-long career. Ades, she said, apparently decided to make up the losses on his free care by creating phony bills and seeking reimbursement from big insurance companies and the government.

 

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