- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- healthcare fraud, money laundering
- Convicted of
- Conspiracy to commit health care fraud; health care fraud; kickbacks; money laundering
- Original sentence
- 50 years' imprisonment; $87.5 million restitution (September 2011)
- Time served
- ~14 years before pardon
Background
Lawrence S. Duran was co-owner of American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a Miami-based mental health company that operated partial hospitalization programs. He pleaded guilty in April 2011 to 38 felony counts in one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged by the Department of Justice.
The Case
Duran pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, and money laundering. Over eight years, ATC submitted more than $205 million in fraudulent Medicare claims. The company paid kickbacks to owners of assisted living facilities and halfway houses who sent elderly and mentally ill patients to ATC’s clinics; it then billed Medicare for mental health services that were unnecessary or never provided, laundered proceeds, and altered patient files. Duran was sentenced to 50 years in prison and ordered to pay $87.5 million in restitution. The scheme defrauded Medicare, harmed vulnerable patients, and undermined the integrity of federal health programs.
The Pardon
On May 28, 2025, President Trump granted Duran a full pardon.