7thspace.com on January 13, 2012 reported that two Baton Rouge, La ., residents have pleaded guilty for their role in a Medicare fraud scheme, which allegedly involved more than $21 million, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the FBI and the Louisiana State Attorney General’s Office. Henry Jones, the owner of four medical equipment companies, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge James J. Brady in the Middle District of Louisiana to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks. Mary Bessie, one of Jones’ co-conspirators, pleaded guilty on January 11, 2012, before Judge Brady to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive healthcare kickbacks.

The original article can be found at 7thspace.com.