A Murfreesboro Podiatrist will be sentenced to prison later this month on January 26, 2018. 51 Year old John J. Cauthon of Murfreesboro, Tenn., was convicted in 2017 by a federal jury on four counts of health care fraud involving a 16-month scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care benefit programs, announced Donald Q. Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The convictions came after a two-week trial before United States Chief District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. Cauthon was also acquitted of three counts of health care fraud.
Cauthon is scheduled to be sentenced on January 26, 2018. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of health care fraud.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Inspector General; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; and the United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Henry C. Leventis and Ryan R. Raybould are prosecuting the case.