Two Austin Psychologists, Owners of Psychological A.R.T.S., P.C., Sentenced for Health Care Offenses
In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced two Austin psychologists who own and operate Psychological A.R.T.S., P.C., and their patient recruiter for Health Care fraud related offenses, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez sentenced 34-year-old Dr. David Fox Dubin, to three years in federal prison and ordered him to pay $282,019.92 restitution. Judge Rodriguez also sentenced 74-year-old Dr. William Joseph Dubin and 70-year-old patient recruiter Glen Elwood McKenzie, Jr., of Cedar Park, TX, to five years probation and ordered each of them to pay, joint and severally, $61,230 restitution.
On October 29, 2018, jurors found the Dubins guilty of multiple federal crimes. Dr. William Dubin was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks, and two counts of offering to pay and paying illegal kickbacks. Dr. David Dubin was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of health care fraud and aiding and abetting health care fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
On October 11, 2017, McKenzie pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback law and one count of receiving an illegal kickback. McKenzie was the President of the Board of Directors of an emergency shelter house located approximately eighty miles from Austin that provided temporary shelter for crisis intervention and mental health services to children and youth ages 5 to 17 who had been removed from their homes by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
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