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announcement Mississippi Businessman Pleads Guilty to $19M Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Thursday, November 20, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A Mississippi businessman pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare by paying kickbacks for fraudulent doctors’ orders and then using those orders to bill the government insurer over $19 million through seven different durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies.court filings state, Willie De Gibbs, 53, of Toomsuba, Mississippi, and Cutler Bay, Florida, was the sole owner of three DME supply companies
and was the beneficial owner of and controlled, sometimes through straw owners, four other DME supply companies. He sought to defraud Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary orthotic braces for beneficiaries that did not request or need them.Gibbs pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, are taking steps to hold providers accountable for their involvement in health care fraud schemes. 25,
2026, and carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Attorney Patrick Lemon for the Southern District of Mississippi; Special Agent in Charge Robert Eikhoff of the FBI Jackson Field Office; and Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Christian J. Porter of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Purdie for the Southern District of Mississippi are prosecuting the case.The Fraud Section leads the Criminal Division’s efforts to combat health care fraud through