DEARBORN — A Dearborn resident and two Brownstown Township residents were sentenced to prison on Tuesday, April 21 for their involvement in a $29 million Medicare fraud scheme. 

Felicar Williams, 51, of Dearborn, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2,431,018 in restitution, representing the amount paid by Medicare for Williams’ fraudulent claims.

Abdul Malik Al-Jumail, 54, and Jamella Al-Jumail, 25, both of Brownstown Township, were sentenced to 10 years in prison and four years in prison respectively.  Both were ordered to pay $8,389,541 and $589,516 in restitution, the amounts paid by Medicare for their fraudulent claims.

All three defendants were convicted on Sept. 30, 2014, after a 12-week jury trial in the Eastern District of Michigan. Williams was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to receive health care kickbacks. Abdul Malik Al-Jumail and Jamella Al-Jumail were each found guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Abdul Malik Al-Jumail was also found guilty of conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks.

Jamella Al-Jumail was also found guilty of destroying documents in connection with a federal investigation.

The case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG and the IRS, and was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. 

The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Christopher Cestaro, Brooke Harper and William Kanellis of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Hurford of the Eastern District of Michigan.

The sentencings were announced by Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge Paul Abbate of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Chicago Regional Office and Special Agent in Charge Jarod Koopman of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.