He continued to practice his profession as a dentist even though he was under a temporary ban: a dentist from Anglet was tried on Tuesday by the Bayonne Criminal Court for having defrauded the CPAM, the Primary Fund health insurance, up to 22,000 euros. The prosecution requested two years in prison, including 18 months suspended, A fine of 10,000 euros and a ban on practicing his profession for five years against the 56-year-old practitioner, who admitted the facts. He will also have to reimburse Social Security. The judgment has been reserved and will be rendered on March 22.
He receives patients despite the ban
At the bar of the court, Jean-François does not lead far. Often he hesitates, stammers a few words, lowers his head. He, the experienced practitioner, was banned from practicing his profession between December 2017 and November 2018 for not having respected certain radiological medical protocols. But never mind, he persists in seeing patients in his office. To get paid by Social Security, he will then backdate the invoices. So much so that the Bayonne Health Insurance will receive 360 acts for the single day of November 24, 2017. 130 patients in one day. All the control lights glow scarlet red on the computers in the offices of the Primary Fund.
Prison sentence required
“Why did you continue to exercise?”, asks the president of the court Emmanuelle Adoul. “To heal”, responds in a weak voice the defendant, married and father of three children. “We are dealing with an unscrupulous doctor”, denounces for its part the lawyer of the CPAM, Me Sophie Serrano, who requests the reimbursement of the sums embezzled. “The bond of trust has been broken”points out the public prosecutor Roseline Clerisse, who recalls that the dentist had already been convicted of fraud in 2010. For the defense, Me Camille Ordoqui stressed that his client recognized the materiality of the facts. A dentist who is considering today “to stop his profession”. A “good thing” says the prosecution.
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