Woman Found Responsible For $83 Million Health Insurance Fraud

A Loudoun County, Virginia, woman who ran a sleep study clinic has been convicted on charges of running a health care fraud that siphoned $83 million from Medicare and private insurers. Young Yi, 44, of Sterling, who formed the 1st Class Sleep Diagnostic Center and 1st Class Medical, was convicted Monday of one count of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, seven counts of health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of filing a false tax return, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia said in a statement. She’ll be sentenced Nov. 2.