U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. Bailynson et, al.
PENDING CRIMINAL DIVISION CASES
United States v. Bailynson et, al.
Court Docket Number: 18-CR-80124-RUIZ (S.D Florida)
All hearings will be held at the U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse, Courtroom 205C, 299 East Broward Boulevard # 108, Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33301 before Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz, II.
Latest Updates: Defendant Mark Agresti requested a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. This issue has been fully briefed, and an unopposed request for an evidentiary hearing was granted. The evidentiary hearing as to defendant Mark Agresti is set for Monday, June 3, 2024 and Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 11-2, 11th Floor, Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse, 400 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33128, before Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz
On June 22, 2022 defendants Mark Agresti and Kenneth Bailynson were ordered to pay $31,041,938.68 in restitution.
On May 27, 2022 defendant Mark Agresti was sentenced to 100 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release.
On April 20, 2022 defendant Kenneth Bailynson was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release.
On April 19, 2022 defendant Matthew Noel was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and $8,673,925.00 in restitution.
On April 19, 2022 defendant Stephanie Curran was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and $11,294,277.00 in restitution.
Criminal Charges:
On June 22, 2018, Kenneth Bailynson, 45, of West Palm Beach, Florida, owner of GDSL, Inc., a/k/a Good Decisions Sober Living, Inc. (“GDSL”) in West Palm Beach, Stephanie Curran, 35, of Lake Worth, Florida, an employee of GDSL, Mark Agresti, 55, of Palm Beach, Florida, the Medical Director of GDSL, and Matthew Noel, 32, of Louisville, Kentucky, an employee of GDSL, were charged by indictment. All four Defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, and substantive counts of health care fraud for their involvement in a scheme at GDSL to illegally recruit patients, pay kickbacks, and defraud health care benefit programs by billing for widespread fraudulent urine testing that was not medically necessary. Bailynson was charged with substantive counts of money laundering.
Bailynson, Curran, and Noel pled guilty prior to trial, and cooperated. On November 8, 2021 defendant Bailynson entered a guilty plea. On February 20, 2022 defendants Noel and Curran entered guilty pleas. On February 10, 2022, defendant Agresti was found guilty by a jury.
If you believe you are a victim of this conduct and wish to submit a statement, you may complete a Victim Impact Statement (see below) and return it to us via email at Victimassistance.fraud@usdoj.gov no later than April 12, 2022
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If you elect to obtain counsel to represent your interests, please have your attorney notify this office in writing at: U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Bond Building, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20530, Attention: Victim Witness Unit; fax: (202) 514-3708; or email: VictimAssistance.fraud@usdoj.gov. If you elect not to retain counsel to represent your interests, you do not need to do anything.