Man Pleads Guilty in Fraud Scheme

Fraud Scheme.swabs1.jpg

Update to a story we brought you on June 17: Siado was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $50,075 in restitution. Read more in a Department of Justice press release.

Patrick Siado pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy in U.S. District Court. He hired people to go door to door to solicit the elderly and the poor. The employees were paid $150 for each person they convinced to provide their personal identifying information and a DNA swab. Read a  story from The Augusta Chronicle.

 

 

SMP Resource Center products often contain links to copyrighted material. The SMP Resource Center is providing these links as a convenience and for informational purposes in our efforts to report and educate on Medicare fraud; they do not constitute a guarantee, endorsement, or approval by SMP of any of the information available on the external site. SMP bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. If you have any questions or concerns about the links provided, please contact the SMP Center at nliebau@smpresource.org.