WHEELING, W.Va. -- A Pennsylvania chiropractor who operated two clinics in West Virginia faces up to 15 years in prison for health-care fraud and tax evasion.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says 62-year-old Joseph J. Yurigan of New Alexandria, Pa., also must pay more than $836,000 in restitution. A minimum of about $501,600 must be paid before he is sentenced.
Ihlenfeld's office says Yurigan submitted a fraudulent claim to a health-care program and evaded taxes for 2008.
Yurigan operated the Weirton Chiropractic Clinic and the Wheeling Spine Center.
He entered his pleas Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wheeling.
WHEELING, W.Va. -- A Pennsylvania chiropractor who operated two clinics in West Virginia faces up to 15 years in prison for health-care fraud and tax evasion. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 62-year-old Joseph J. Yurigan of New Alexandria, Pa., also must pay more than $836,000 in restitution. A minimum of about $501,600 must be paid before he is sentenced.
Ihlenfeld's office says Yurigan submitted a fraudulent claim to a health-care program and evaded taxes for 2008.
Yurigan operated the Weirton Chiropractic Clinic and the Wheeling Spine Center.
He entered his pleas Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wheeling.
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