Woman Sentenced to 8 years for California Medical Fraud

A former Southern California woman who, along with her doctor husband, billed insurers $44 million for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries has been given an eight-year prison sentence. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California woman who, along with her doctor husband, billed insurers $44 million for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison, prosecutors said. 

Linda Morrow, 70, also was ordered to pay $14 million in restitution. She pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to commit health fraud and contempt of court. 

Morrow and her husband, David Morrow, ran The Morrow Institute, a surgical clinic in Rancho Mirage in the California desert near Palm Springs. 

Prosecutors said that between 2007 and 2011, the Morrows billed insurance companies for procedures that were listed as “medically necessary" but in fact were merely cosmetic. 

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