Ex-Mass. physical therapy clinic owner Chang Goo Yoon sentenced to prison [Video]

A former Massachusetts physical therapy clinic owner who submitted over $1 million in health insurance claims for fake appointments has been sentenced to over two years in prison, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Chang Goo Yoon, a 62-year-old South Korean national who lives in New York City, was sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court last week after being convicted of two counts of healthcare fraud in January 2024, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a press release Tuesday. He was also ordered pay restitution, but the amount has yet to be decided.

Between 2014 and 2018, Yoon owned and operated physical therapy clinics in Brookline, Waltham and Boston’s Allston neighborhood, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. During this time, he billed patients and their insurance companies over $1 millions for fake appointments and reaped more than $300,000 in fraudulent money.

Approximately $150,000 of the claims were …