NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - An elderly doctor accused of accepting kickbacks as part of a $200 million bribes-for-test referrals scheme run by a New Jersey blood testing lab has been convicted on all counts.
Federal prosecutors say jurors deliberated for just over four hours Monday before finding 79-year-old Bernard Greenspan guilty of crimes including violating federal anti-kickback laws. The River Edge resident faces a lengthy prison term when he’s sentenced June 20.
Prosecutors say Greenspan accepted about $200,000 in bribes from employees and associates of Parsippany-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services between March 2006 and April 2013. They say he solicited and received monthly bribe payments in the form of sham rental, service agreement, and consultant payments.
Prosecutors said Greenspan’s referrals alone generated more than $3 million in revenue for the company.
Greenspan’s attorney told jurors the payments were legitimate and that Greenspan did nothing illegal.
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