As we stated before, the Dr. Comfort founder has agreed to plead guilty of mail fraud and agreed to pay a a $27 million civil fine related to the company’s improper Medicare reimbursements.  Federal prosecutors are to recommend him to serve an 18 month sentence in prison. What we didn’t tell you about was how this story came to be. You see, two whistle blowers and former employees turned in Mr. Kanter and have now collected monies in the recovery effort.

For the whole story, read it here and see how Matthew Snorek helped turn in his former boss for fraud.

Here are also some related links to this story:

http://www.jsonline.com/business/29181794.html

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2011/04/11/27-million-settlement-in-health-fraud.html

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/119611024.html

http://www.justice.gov/usao/wie/press_releases/2011/pr20110411_Settlement-Ricko-International_Dr-Comfort.pdf

http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/print-edition/2011/04/15/comforting-settlement.html

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/119985664.html

http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article1590.pdf