Frank Purpera Jr., 45, the former owner of the Virginia Vein Institute, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison after being convicted by a jury in January 2020 of illegally distributing controlled substances, healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and obstruction of justice. Evidence presented at trial established that Purpera, for a period of approximately five years, wrote numerous prescriptions for Percocet, and Adderall, both Schedule II controlled substances, in the name of his wife, who had a different last name, on multiple occasions. The prescriptions were not for legitimate medical purposes and were outside the scope of Purpera’s medical practice. In addition, the defendant falsified his medical records and sent millions of dollars in fraudulent bills to Medicare, Virginia Medicaid, and Anthem Insurance. The court ordered Purpera to pay over $2.3 million in restitution.
