This week, Sardis Tadevosyan was convicted of Medicare Fraud in a federal courtroom in Charlston West Virginia. Tadevosyan, who is a 42 year old man of Armenian decent, was convicted on charges of wire fraud, identify theft, and conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Tadevosyan, who was the leader of the scheme faces the stiffest penalty, with a possible sentence of as much as 20 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. Tadevosyan is expected to be sentenced on January 26, while his co-conspirators are expected to be sentenced on December 01.

The trial, which took 4 days, showed that along with co-conspirators Arsen Bedzhanyan and Igor Shevchuk, a number of fake bank accounts where opened using falsified driver licenses and other information, which included citizens that had left the united states. Each man received $5000 for their efforts.

In all, the scheme is believed to have been responsible for more than four million dollars worth of falsified Medicare Claims. The investigation into this Medicare fraud scheme first began back in April of 2011, with five groups being found to be involved in this scam.