Magistrate Judge Recommends Accepting Guilty Plea For Obstructing Medicare Audit

Mealey's ( February 12, 2019, 12:16 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal magistrate judge in Florida on Feb. 7 recommended accepting a psychologist’s guilty plea for one count of obstructing a Medicare audit in 2012, finding that the defendant was knowledgeable of the allegations against him and that he entered the plea willingly (United States v. Charles Gerardi, No. 18cr289, M.D. Fla.)....