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August 24, 2009
Manhattan Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care and Mail Fraud
Michael Horowitz – a chiropractor in Manhattan- pleaded guilty last week in Manhattan Federal Court to one count of conspiracy to commit health care and mail fraud. Horowitz admitted that he and his co-defendant had billed insurance companies more than seven hundred thousand dollars for chiropractic services that had never been performed. He is scheduled to be sentenced December 3, 2009. Horowitz could be sentenced up to 20 years in federal prison. He could also be ordered to pay a fine of over a million dollars and to forfeit all proceeds of his crime.