ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for using sham cosmetic surgery clinics and stolen identities to defraud medical lenders of approximately $2.3 million.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Jacquez Dion Tullis, 42, and his co-conspirators created six fake medical clinics that claimed to provide cosmetic surgery and other medical services but provided no actual care.
Prosecutors said the clinics were registered using stolen identifying information belonging to practicing doctors and others without their knowledge or consent. The group then submitted fraudulent credit applications using the identities of more than 100 people, including some who had died before they supposedly received treatment.
The applications sought approximately $3.1 million from medical lenders for procedures the individuals did not request or receive.
Tullis was also accused of submitting at least nine fraudulent applications for federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking a total of $696,860.
Tullis pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
A federal judge sentenced him to 60 months for the bank fraud conspiracy and a consecutive 24 months for aggravated identity theft, for a total of 84 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Tullis was also ordered to pay $2,309,859.44 in restitution and the same amount in forfeiture.
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