A Boston woman recently guilty in federal court in Boston to her role in a scheme to defraud an insurance provider for physical therapy services that were not provided to patients.
Gyulnara Bayryshova pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, according to U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael S. Rollins.
Bayryshova was the owner of Brighton Physical Therapy (BPT), a Brighton-based physical therapy clinic. From October 2018 through June 2020, Bayryshova and her co-defendants conspired to cause an insurance company to reimburse them for physical therapy services that were not actually provided and/or were not medically necessary and, in some cases, were provided by individuals not licensed to provide the services.
Specifically, Bayryshova and her co-defendants falsely billed for services purportedly rendered to patients injured in automobile accidents when the services were not actually provided. BPT also paid patients for referrals and referred patients to attorneys to assist with patients’ insurance settlements.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns scheduled her sentencing for July 13, 2023.
Bayryshova was indicted in February 2021 along with co-defendants Anna Barenboym, Slava Pride and Raya Bagardi. Bayryshova was the last remaining defendant to plead guilty in the case. Barenboym, Pride and Bagardi previously pleaded guilty to their roles in the conspiracy and are scheduled to be sentenced in coming months.
The charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud provides a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
Rollins, along with FBI Special Agent Joseph R. Bonavolonta; Anthony DiPaolo, chief of investigations of the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts; Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox; and Quincy Police Chief Paul Keenan made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Laura J. Kaplan of Rollins’ criminal division is prosecuting the case.
Topics Fraud
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