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In San Antonio today, 65-year-old Hugh Lappe Scott, Jr., a local San Antonio attorney, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for being an accessory after the fact announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ordered that Scott serve 6 months of home detention with electronic monitoring, surrender his law license, pay $1,209,692.60 restitution and be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his imprisonment.
On January 14, 2016, Scott pleaded guilty to a one-count information charging him with knowing that the offense of Health Care Fraud had been committed against the United States. By pleading guilty, Scott admitted that he was general counsel for United Re, a Swiss corporation established and represented to be in the business of administering reinsurance, also known as stop loss, stop gap, and overlay insurance for health care benefit programs. During a deposition in January 2010, Scott stated under oath that a company called Vado AG was a reinsurer of United Re when he knew Vado AG could not pay claims made against United Re and thereby hindered the investigation of United Re.
This case was investigated by the Department of Labor. Assistant United States Attorney William R. Harris prosecuted this case for the Government.
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