A Palm Beach County, Florida doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation in a massive years-long healthcare fraud scheme throughout Palm Beach County, billing for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients seeking treatment for drug and/or alcohol addiction. In a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday, July 30, Michael J. Ligotti, D.O, 46, of Delray Beach, Florida, was charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud. The complaint alleges that from approximately May 2011 through March 2020, private insurance companies and Medicare were fraudulently billed approximately $681 million for laboratory testing claims and other services as part of this fraudulent scheme, for which they paid approximately $121 million.
