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CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A medical biller has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in a massive insurance fraud scheme that involved posing as NBA player Marcus Smart, an NFL lawyer and executive, and other patients to harangue the companies for payments that weren't actually due, prosecutors said.
U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert called Matthew James' actions "inexcusable" as she sentenced him Friday in Central Islip, Newsday reported.
"To ruin people's reputations, to do all that, for wealth is really something," Seybert said.
James, 54, was convicted in July 2022 of fraud and identity theft charges.