Former Integra sales rep, manager admit to $800k hospital fraud scheme (OrthoSpineNews)
Filings:
USA versus Daniel Metz
USA versus Charles Carey
TRENTON, N.J. – A regional manager and a product specialist selling medical devices to hospitals for Integra LifeSciences Corp. of Plainsboro, New Jersey, today admitted their roles in a scheme to defraud hospitals of more than $800,000, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Daniel Metz, 34, of Fairfield, New Jersey, and Charles B. Carey Jr., 35, of Clark, New Jersey, each pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in Trenton federal court to separate informations charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
Integra is a provider of orthopedic products, including devices and implants for the spine, foot and ankle, hand and wrist, and shoulder and elbow. Metz worked there from July 2005 until his termination in April 2013, first as a product specialist (also referred to as a sales representative) and then as Northeast regional manager, supervising 16 product specialists and assistant sales representatives in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, a...
