A Georgia resident, Patrick C. Moore Jr., was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $7.2 million in restitution for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme. Moore, 48, of Peachtree City, participated in a kickback operation where he directed recruiters to persuade Medicare beneficiaries to undergo genetic tests that were not medically necessary or eligible for reimbursement.
Court documents show that Moore received about $4.3 million in kickbacks from co-conspirators for referring insurance information, DNA samples, and doctors’ orders for genetic testing. He then paid illegal kickbacks to recruiters and used false invoices to hide the payments as hours worked rather than per-referral compensation, which violated the Anti-Kickback Statute. Laboratories connected with Moore and his associates billed Medicare approximately $24 million and received around $7.2 million on claims related to these unnecessary tests.
Moore pleaded guilty in May 2025 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and paying and receiving illegal health care kickbacks.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Margaret Heap for the Southern District of Georgia; Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Christian J. Schrank of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Dallas Regional Office; Special Agent in Charge Kelly Blackmon of the HHS-OIG Atlanta Regional Office; and Special Agent in Charge Paul W. Brown of the FBI Atlanta Field Office announced the sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by HHS-OIG and the FBI.
Trial Attorneys Ethan Womble and Benjamin Smith from the Justice Department’s Fraud Section, along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Thompson from the Southern District of Georgia, prosecuted the case.
The Justice Department’s Fraud Section leads efforts against health care fraud through its Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program, which operates across 27 federal districts with nine strike forces since March 2007. The program has charged more than 5,800 defendants accused of billing federal health care programs and private insurers over $30 billion collectively. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is also collaborating with HHS-OIG to hold providers accountable for involvement in such schemes. Further details are available at www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/health-care-fraud-unit.
