Medford Man Guilty for 20 Counts of Insurance Fraud, Attempted Larceny

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that a Medford man has pled guilty to an insurance fraud scheme in connection with billing more than $30,000 in fees for acupuncture and other services that he did not provide through businesses he operated in Lowell and Medford.
 
Yongshuo Qu, 45, of Medford and Hudson, NH, pled guilty to insurance fraud (12 counts) and attempted larceny (8 counts).  Middlesex Superior Court Judge Bruce Henry sentenced the defendant to 2 years in jail to be suspended for 4 years.  The defendant was ordered to pay $24,000 in fines and $13,885 in restitution to Commerce Insurance.
 
“This defendant filed hundreds of fake insurance claims for services he never provided,” said District Attorney Ryan.  “We commend the Massachusetts Insurance Fraud Bureau for their efforts in pursuing this matter and working with us so that, together, we could bring this case to a successful completion.  This kind of fraud undermines the system and costs everyone money.”
 
Between March 2008 and April 2012, the defendant was engaged as a licensed acupuncturist.  He served as a resident agent for two businesses, HealthLand, LLC, operating out of Lowell  and out of the defendant’s home in Medford, and Back2Balance, LLC, located in Boston.
 
At the time, he advertised services for “Acupuncture, Massage, Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Chinese Herbal Medicine and Chi Gong Therapy.”  The defendant was not, himself, nor did he employ, a licensed chiropractor or physical therapist.

The investigation revealed that within that time period, the defendant billed for legitimate massage services rendered to 13 clients, but then added hundreds of additional charges for examinations and treatments he never provided.  Additionally, in several instances, he billed insurance companies for work he said he had completed that had actually been performed by unlicensed practitioners.  In total, the defendant fraudulently billed more than $30,000 in insurance claims.
 
The case was investigated by the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.  
 
The defendant was indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury and arraigned on December 19, 2013 in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn.
 
The prosecutor assigned to the case is Assistant District Attorney Kristen Noto of the District Attorney’s Special Investigations Unit.