According to a federal prosecutor, a federal grand jury indicted a North Carolina doctor who was accused of changing medical equipment for reuse and embezzling more than $46 million from health insurance.

U.S. Attorney Michael Easley stated that according to an alternative indictment, between 2014 and 2018, 58-year-old Anita Louise Jackson was suspected of providing services to more than 700 patients. More than 1,200 balloon sinusplasty services and more than 46 million U.S. dollars paid to medical insurance. Her clinic received more than $5.4 million in services.

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The authorities stated that Jackson was the highest-paid provider of balloon sinusplasty in the United States over a four-year period, even though her clinic was located outside of major metropolitan areas, and added that Jackson made a lot of money from the bills of the health insurance plan.

According to the press release, Jackson faces multiple allegations, including medical device adulteration, making false statements about medical benefits and mail fraud.