The 25th patient of a Jefferson County, Missouri chiropractic office involved in a multimillion-dollar disability fraud conspiracy was sentenced as part of an ongoing fraud investigation. Six more patients are set for sentencing next year. US District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced Donald Furrer, 67, to one year of probation. Prior to sentencing, Furrer repaid just under $462,000 that he received from the Social Security Administration’s Disability Trust Fund and private disability benefit insurance providers by falsely claiming to be disabled. The two chiropractors who owned and operated PowerMed Inc., Thomas G. Hobbs and Vivian Carbone-Hobbs, are in federal prison, serving four-year prison terms. Hobbs was ordered to repay $4.3 million; Carbone-Hobbs was ordered to repay $16.4 million. One employee, Christina Barrera, was sentenced to 14 months in prison. Another, Clarissa Pogue, was sentenced to five years of probation, including six months of house arrest.
