Bradley Pierre was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in connection with his orchestration of a $60 million fraud targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies.

Pierre pled guilty on Dec. 18, 2023.

“Bradley Pierre’s deceitful orchestration of a $60 million fraud — the largest in New York’s history — targeting no-fault automobile insurance companies exemplifies a blatant disregard for justice and fairness,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

According to the indictment, the plea agreement and statements made in court, from 2008-2021, Pierre agreed with other clinic controllers to illegally own and run medical clinics in the New York area, including Veda Medical, Sky Medical, Sun Medical and Rutland Medical.

The defendant and others agreed to submit bills to the insurers falsely representing the clinics were owned and operated by licensed doctors.

Doctors were coached by Pierre to lie during examinations under oath about the ownership, control and finances of the clinics.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between 2008 and 2021, the defendant took more than $20,000,000 from the clinics to pay his personal finances.

Documents showed that Pierre also steered prescriptions to pharmacies in return for over a million dollars in kickbacks steered patients to seek legal representation from his wife’s law firm, the Law Firm of Nonna Shikh.

The Shikh Firm then filed lawsuits against insurance companies on the patients’ behalf.

The defendant maintained an office at the law firm and was actively involved in the legal practice as a “manager.”

Court records show that the Shikh Firm transferred more than $4 million of illegal proceeds to Pierre through a “marketing” arrangement between the defendant’s shell companies and the law firm.

Documents reveal that the defendant hid his control over several clinics and the MRI Facility using phony loan arrangements.

Between 2015 and 2021, bribes were made to hospital employees, 911 dispatchers and others to acquire the confidential names and numbers of motor vehicle accident victims.

In addition to the prison term, Pierre was sentenced to three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to forfeit a money judgment of $3,500,000 and pay $1,500,000 in restitution.

This case was handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit and the White Plains Division.