Kings County Man Indicted For $10 Million Sleep Clinic Fraud

FRESNO (CBS13) – A antheral from Kings County was indicted for utilizing the slumber session helium owned to complaint Medicare for $10 cardinal worthy of slumber tests that were ne'er really performed, the Department of Justice said.

The 42-year aged man, Travis Gober, was charged with wellness attraction fraud and aggravated individuality theft by a national expansive assemblage connected Thursday.

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“According to tribunal documents, Gober owns and controls VIP Sleep Center, a slumber upset session that operated retired of Fresno and Visalia. Sleep upset clinics execute diagnostic tests to place ailments similar slumber apnea and narcolepsy. Between January 2015 and September 2021, Gober caused VIP Sleep to measure Medicare for slumber tests the institution did not really perform. Each of these claims besides listed a supplier who had purportedly referred the diligent to VIP Sleep adjacent though the supplier had not done so. In total, Gober caused VIP Sleep to taxable much than $10 cardinal successful mendacious and fraudulent Medicare claims,” reported the Department of Justice.

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If Travis is convicted, helium volition look a maximum punishment of 10 years successful situation and a $250,000 fine.

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Currently, the charges are lone allegations.

CBS13 Staff