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Date: 03-24-2023
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United States of America v. Dr. Oliver Jenkins and Sherry-Ann Jenkins
Case Number: 3:20-cr-00256
Judge: Jack Zouhary
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Lucas County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Toldeo
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, and health care fraud.
Dr. Oliver Jenkins, age 60,, who was an Ear, Nose, and Throat M.D. at the Toledo Clinic, and his wife, Sherry-Ann Jenkins, age 58, who had a Ph.D. but was not licensed to practice medicine in Ohio, started a new business called the “The Toledo Clinic Cognitive Center.” The Jenkinses represented to the Toledo Clinic that patients suspected of cognitive disorders, particularly dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, could come to the Cognitive Center for neurocognitive testing, diagnosis, treatment, and referrals, and that Sherry-Ann Jenkins would administer the neurocognitive testing under the supervision of Dr. Oliver Jenkins. The Jenkinses represented that Dr. Oliver Jenkins would make a diagnosis, and provide medical treatment, or a referral. Instead, the Jenkinses engaged in a scheme to defraud. Dr. Oliver Jenkins never saw or treated patients at the Cognitive Center. Sherry-Ann Jenkins ordered PET scans of patients’ brains, interpreted the scans, diagnosed patients, including a college-aged student, with Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, or other impairments, recommended patients take coconut oil to improve memory, and instructed certain patients to see her every 3-6 weeks for the rest of their lives. The Jenkinses billed Cognitive Center patients and health care benefits programs using Dr. Oliver Jenkins’ billing number.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Toledo, Ohio, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General in Cleveland, Ohio, the Ohio Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and the Ohio State Medical Board. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian McDonough and Robert Melching.
18:1349 Conspiracy
(1)
18:1341 Mail Fraud
(2)
18:1343 Wire Fraud
(3)
18:1347 Health Care Fraud
(4)
Outcome: Defendants were found guilty.
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