Southern Brooklyn health care scammer pleads guilty to $38M scheme
A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to money laundering at Brooklyn’s federal court on Thursday as part of a Medicare and Medicaid scheme that cost taxpayers $38 million of unnecessary medical services.
Maksim Vernik appeared in court as one of five men charged with money laundering and defrauding the U.S. in their scheme based out of clinics in Sheepshead Bay, Midwood and Gravesend.
Vernik leaned forward in his chair and sped through a statement of guilt that detailed the illegal activity.