People were unwittingly implanted with fake devices in medical scam

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People were unwittingly implanted with fake devices in medical scam


People were unwittingly implanted with fake devices in medical scam

 According to an FBI press release, Laura Perryman, the former CEO of Stimwave LLC, unwittingly implanted people with fake devices during a medical scam.

Chronic pain patients were implanted with “dummy” pieces of plastic and told it would ease their pain, according to an indictment charging the former CEO of the firm that made the fake devices with fraud. 

Laura Perryman, the former CEO of Stimwave LLC, was arrested in Florida on Thursday. According to an FBI press release, Perryman was indicted “in connection with a scheme to create and sell a non-functioning dummy medical device for implantation into patients suffering from chronic pain, resulting in millions of dollars in losses to federal healthcare programs.” According to the indictment, patients underwent unnecessary implanting procedures as a result of the fraud. 

Perryman was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, and one count of healthcare fraud. Stimwave received FDA approval in 2014, according to Engadget, and was positioned as an alternative to opioids for pain relief.

“From the patient perspective, they definitely want pain-relief alternatives that are not opioids, but taking the leap from opioid to surgery and a tiny battery inside your body sounds daunting,” Perryman told Engadget in a 2017 interview.

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(Source: greatgameindia.com; March 14, 2023; https://tinyurl.com/2k5cf5w9)