Business ProfileforR & S Pharmacy Inc.

UPDATE As of August 19, 2022:

Allan Joseph Jarboe was has been found guilty of Patient Brokering and sentenced to 6 years in prison and and 2 years probation

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As of August 29, 2019, Case -2019CF007027DXXX

The State of Florida, 15th Judicial Circuit - Palm Beach County:

The State charged Allan Joseph Jarboe in a 2 count indictment, to wit:

Money Laundering (100k+)
PATIENT BROKERING (20+ Patients)

COUNT 12: ALLAN JOSEPH JARBOE on or between'July 20, 2017 and September 20, 2017, in the County of Palm Beach and State of Florida, did unlawfully offer or pay ANDRZEJ SZYGIEL a commission, bonus, rebate, kickback, or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engage in any split-fee arrangement, in any form whatsoever, to induce the referral of patients or patronage, involving twenty (20) or more patients, to wit: S.F., A.L., C.A., J.C., A.J., A.R., B.T., G.B., J.V., L.V., M.H., N.O., R.B., C.A., V.B., W.P., A.M., G.F., D.P., S.H., R.S., J.S., V.K., S.B., G.W., A.Z., R.M., A.I., R.P., A.B., A.W., C.G., M.F., J.H., A.A., G.L., W.J., C.S., K.Q., A.B,. M.Z., L.M., A.S., B.M., and D.O. to EXPRESS CARE PHARMACY contrary to Florida Statute 817.505(1)(a), (4)(c); and 777.011. (1 DEG FEL)

COUNT 13: ALLAN JOSEPH JARBOE between July 20, 2017 and November 20, 2017, in the County of Palm Beach and State of Florida, did with financial transactions totaling or exceeding $100,000 in any 12-month period, and knowing that the property involved in a financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, conduct or attempt to conduct such a financial transaction which in fact involves the proceeds of specified unlawful activity with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, contrary to Florida Statute 896.101(3) and (5)(c). (1 DEG FEL)

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the Palm Beach Clerk of Court at https://applications.mypalmbeachclerk.com/eCaseView/search.aspx

For further information please contact:

Office of the State Attorney
401 N Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 355-7100

http://www.sa15.state.fl.us/stateattorney

UPDATE As of October 5, 2022:

Carlos Belone pled guilty to Conspiracy to commit health care fraud and False statements to a financial institution.  Belone was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release.  In addition, Belone was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,558,441.00. 

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As of July 10, 2020, Carlos Belone, of Coconut Creek, Florida, was arrested on allegations that he fraudulently sought several Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, and that he participated in a scheme to defraud Medicare of at least $5.6 million.

It is further alleged that a portion of the PPP loan proceeds were potentially used in furtherance of the Medicare fraud scheme.

Belone was charged by criminal complaint, unsealed today upon his arrest, in the Southern District of Florida with wire fraud; conspiracy to commit health care fraud; payment of health care kickbacks; and making false statements to a financial institution.

The complaint alleges that Belone submitted several fraudulent PPP loan applications to federally insured financial institutions, other SBA-approved lenders, and the SBA in the name of R&S Pharmacy Inc. (R&S Pharmacy), a durable medical equipment company that allegedly submitted false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for orthotic braces that were medically unnecessary, ineligible for Medicare reimbursement and/or not provided as represented.

Belone was an owner of R&S Pharmacy.

Patients interviewed as part of the investigation stated that they did not want or need orthotic braces; had not authorized their Medicare number to be used to submit claims for orthotic braces; and/or that they did not receive orthotic braces as represented by R&S Pharmacy in the claims that Belone and his co-conspirators submitted to Medicare.

The complaint alleges that, to support the fraudulent PPP loan applications, Belone submitted fake tax documents and doctored profit and loss statements for R&S Pharmacy.

The complaint additionally alleges that Belone succeeded in fraudulently obtaining over $22,000 in PPP loan proceeds, and shortly thereafter, made payments, or caused payments to be made, to a company suspected of furthering the Medicare fraud scheme, and directed approximately $12,000 of the PPP loan money to a personal account under his control.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice's National Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at
866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at: https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.

For further assistance please contact
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Department of Justice Main Switchboard: 202-514-2000
TTY/ASCII/TDD: 800-877-8339 (or Federal IP Relay Service)

LINK: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-charged-covid-relief-fraud-and-health-care-fraud