A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a forty-count indictment on November 3, 2020 against Andrew Lynn, D.P.M., 63, of Knoxville, Tennessee, charging him with healthcare fraud. The indictment alleges that Lynn, a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, engaged in a scheme to defraud when he billed Medicare for services not rendered. As part of this scheme to defraud, the indictment alleges that Lynn preformed routine foot care and then billed Medicare for unperformed surgical procedures. The indictment alleges that as a result of this scheme, Medicare was billed in excess of $1.1 million and paid out in excess of $850,000. If convicted, Lynn faces a term of up to ten years in prison, up to three years supervised of release, up to a $250,000.00 fine and mandatory restitution.
