Falmouth man pleads guilty to laundering proceeds of $6M Medicare DME fraud scheme

A money laundering conspiracy plea that turns on a straw ownership arrangement and bank secrecy. Anzivino fronted a durable medical equipment company whose true owners billed Medicare for braces nobody ordered. The case is short but detailed on how the laundering actually worked, including the moment a bank balked and the funds moved anyway. Useful for anyone building out nominee-ownership and beneficial-ownership controls.

• Anzivino acted as the nominee owner of Advanced Medical Supply Corp. while co-conspirators were the actual beneficial owners and managers.
• Advanced submitted more than $6 million in Medicare claims for unneeded, unprescribed knee and back braces, and Medicare paid more than $3 million.
• After a New Hampshire bank declined to confirm the recipient companies were legitimate, Anzivino opened an account at another bank and wired $1,494,938.09 across three transactions, each over $10,000.
• The government seized approximately $353,768.29 in assets tied to the scheme from Advanced's bank account in 2024.
• Anzivino is scheduled to be sentenced on January 21, 2027 and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

Executive summary

Leo Anzivino Jr., 35, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on October 13, 2026 to one count of money laundering conspiracy in connection with a health care fraud scheme exceeding $6 million, the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division announced. According…

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