Medical Marketer Sentenced to 5 years Probation in Health Care Fraud Scheme

Jonathan Lasko, a resident of Hollywood, Florida, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court ofthe Fifteenth Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County on June 15, 2021, to charges relatedto a health care fraud scheme. Lasko, who owned addiction treatment facilities inFlorida and California, engaged in a scheme where he paid kickbacks to marketers, alsoknown as “patient brokers,” for the referral of patients to his facilities. Lasko pleadedguilty to First Degree Felony Organized Scheme to Defraud and was sentenced to fiveyears of probation. He admitted to defrauding insurance companies, includingAmtrak’s insurance administrator, Aetna, in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000.Criminal judicial proceedings for other defendants in this case are pending.