Joel Rufus French ran overseas telemarketer call centers that targeted elderly Americans and disabled veterans, pressuring them into accepting unnecessary orthotic braces — then paid kickbacks to sham telemedicine outfits to get doctors' signatures from physicians who never examined the patients. The call centers even altered recordings to fake patient consent. French was convicted in February 2026 and sentenced to 196 months in federal prison; he must also pay $110,753,619 in restitution and forfeit nearly $17 million already seized from his accounts. Said Assistant AG Colin M. McDonald: "Fueled by lies, bribes, and overseas telemarketers, this corrupt scheme preyed on senior citizens and disabled veterans to flood the country with unnecessary medical devices — and then billed the taxpayer for it."