VA Podiatrist Ordered to Serve an Additional Year in Prison
Dr. Marc Blatstein, a Fredericksburg, VA podiatrist, must return to prison for an additional year as part of a new sentence handed down Tuesday in federal court in Richmond. U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Williams told Blatstein to surrender to federal authorities by July 24 to begin another prison term. Blatstein was released from federal prison in March after serving an original sentence of one year and one day."Obviously, we're disappointed," David G. Barger, Blatstein's Fairfax attorney, said yesterday.
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Dr. Marc Blatstein |
Barger said Blatstein served his initial term in a federal prison and halfway house in Pensacola, Fla. He has been living in Florida since his release, Barger said. Blatstein's new sentence is the latest twist in a series of legal maneuvers that began with his conviction for mail fraud in 2006.
Blatstein pleaded guilty to operating a billing scam at his podiatry office in Central Park. He billed for a surgery center he did not have. The fraud lasted three years and resulted in overpayments by insurance companies of $272,704. In 2006, Williams sentenced Blatstein to the year-and-a-day term, despite an agreement between Barger and federal prosecutors that he would serve two years.
Source: Jim Hall, The Free-Lance Star [6/29/07]
