The defendants paid most of the patients involved in the scheme to go to the clinics and told them that the injections were billed.
Chavez, Lopez, Lezcano, Borrego-Hernandez and Betancourt operated and controlled multiple chiropractic clinics in the Louisville area, including: Xpress Diagnostics Center, Inc.; Prudential Chiropractic Medical Center, PLLC; Klondike Chiropractic Medical Center, LLC; Be Well Chiropractic Center, Corp.; and Chiropractic and Medical Center, LLC, even though the clinics used various chiropractors’ names.
Chavez will appear in court for sentencing on November 29.
Federal sentencing guidelines provide for a potential prison sentence for Chavez of 102-121 months in federal prison, with a 24-month minimum, in addition to restitution of $1.1 million.