Treasure Island doctor sentenced to prison in kickback scheme
December 20, 2019 - Dr. Anthony Baldizzi, a physician who lives in Treasure Island, was sentencd to one year and a day in federal prison for his role in a scheme to pay and receive kickbacks for prescriptions billed to Tricare, a healthcare program for the military. Baldizzi also was ordered to forfeit $100,000, including a BMW that he had received as a kickback, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Baldizzi, who pleaded guilty last year, will be surrendering his license to practice medicine in January 2020, prosecutors said. He was one of several people who have pleaded guilty in the scheme that involved Centurion Compounding Inc., including Centurion owners Frank Monte and Kimberly Anderson. More than $48 million in claims to Tricare have been repaid or reversed since the probe began.