LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Temecula doctor who submitted fraudulent claims
to Medicare, resulting in $4.5 million in ill-gotten gains, as part of a scam
that prosecutors say risked patients' safety was sentenced today to seven
years, nine months in federal prison.Donald Woo Lee, 55, was convicted in 2019 of seven counts of health
care fraud and one count of adulteration of a medical device. He additionally
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of falsifying a bankruptcy declaration.U.S. District Judge George Wu in Los Angeles imposed the 93-month
sentence after granting multiple continuances, based mainly on prosecution
motions, stretching back to the winter of 2020. According to court records, at
one point, Lee's whereabouts were unknown, resulting in delays in scheduling a
se
