The CEO of an Arizona software company has been convicted by a federal jury for his role in a criminal scheme to defraud the government and insurance companies of more than $1 billion.

The Department of Justice reported Tuesday that 79-year-old Gary Cox of Maricopa County, Arizona, was found guilty by a jury “for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs.”

DOJ investigators said the scheme involved people at several levels, but all working toward one goal: submit false medical claims and then grab the government and insurance company reimbursements.

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