Ex-healthcare software company executive faces up to 60 years in prison, prosecutors say

A convicted 79-year-old former healthcare software company executive who was awaiting his sentencing faces up to 60 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors in Miami.

A jury convicted Gary Cox, the former chief executive officer of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC, on Tuesday of six crimes related to a $1 billion fraud conspiracy.

“The defendant orchestrated a scheme to defraud government health care benefit programs on a massive scale,” Attorney Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said.

Federal prosecutors accused Cox of running DMERx, an internet-based platform that FBI Miami agents reported transmitted doctor’s fraudulent orders, which were motivated by kickbacks and bribes.

“Fraud of this kind wastes taxpayer dollars and increases the cost of healthcare for all Americans,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Hayden P. O’Byrne said.

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