| Man Who
Pled to Health
Care Fraud Got
60 Months Now
US Opposes
Move to
Dominican
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 8 รข€“ Without
mentioning the
immediate
remand to
custody, or
the a citation
by the
defendant to
Scripture
(Romans 13:1),
DOJ on April
20, 2023
announced that
"MATTHEW
TAYLOR
WITKOWSKI was
sentenced
today to 60
months in
prison for
conspiracy to
commit health
care fraud by
fraudulently
trafficking in
orders for
durable
medical
equipment such
as back, knee,
and elbow
braces.
WITKOWSKI
previously
pled guilty to
the conspiracy
charge and was
sentenced
today before
United States
District Judge
Denise L.
Cote."
Inner City
Press went to
the
sentencing.
The AUSA said
very little.
Witkowsky
spoke for
himself,
citing Romans
13:1 and God,
several times. Midway
through, three
U.S. Marshals
came into the
courtroom.
After
Judge Cote
imposed a
sentence of
sixty months,
she ordered
remand, given
the
defendant's
links to, and
history with,
the Dominican
Republic. He
appeared to
expect it, and
was granted
time to say
goodbye in the
courtroom. On
May 25, a
similar
announcement
that
"CHRISTOPHER
MARGAIT was
sentenced
today to 65
months in
prison. Jump
cut to May 8,
2026 when the
US Attorney's
Office wrote
in to oppse
Witkowski's
request to
relocate to
the Dominican
Republic,
saying if it
stopped paying
the nearly $8
million in
outstanding
restitution he
would not face
meaningful
consequences
if now he
chose to
remain there. The
case is USA v.
Margait,
1:22-cr-312
(Cote)
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Man Who Pled to Health Care Fraud Got 60 Months Now US Opposes Move to Dominican
