Dr. Robert Claude McGrath and his son Robert Christopher McGrath pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday.
A Cherry Hill doctor and his chiropractor son admitted to conspiring to defraud Medicare in federal court on Tuesday.
According to acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick, Dr. Robert Claude McGrath, 65, and his son, Robert Christopher McGrath, 47, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert B. Kugler in Camden federal court to separate informations charging them each with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The two suspects admitted to defrauding Medicare by using unqualified people to give physical therapy to Medicare recipients.
As part of the plea, both McGraths agreed to pay a $1.78 million settlement. They will be sentenced later this year.