A Houston man has been sentenced to two years in jail, plus three years of supervised release and restitution of $480,000 to Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector-General (HHS IG).

Forty-nine-year-old Kevin Washington was convicted last December at the end of a six-day trial during which jurors were shown evidence compiled by federal and state authorities of a defrauding scheme from 2003 to 2007.

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