SOURCE: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/henderson-doctor-indicted-accused-in-over-95-million-medicare-fraud-scheme-3859151/
BYLINE: Noble Brigham, Las Vegas Review-Journal
PUBLISHED: August 4, 2026 - 3:55 pm, Updated 8:01 pm
CAPTURED: 2026-08-07 (verbatim page text via browser fetch)

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Henderson doctor indicted, accused in over $95M Medicare fraud scheme

A Henderson doctor was indicted Tuesday and accused of submitting more
than $95 million in false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary
treatment.

Medicare paid Dr. Stephen Dubin's company, Dubin Medical Consultants, $54
million based on those claims, according to the federal indictment.

Dubin "used the proceeds of the conspiracy and fraud scheme to fund a
lavish lifestyle and purchase luxury items, including having multi-
million dollar yachts built for him," the document states.

The indictment charges him with one count of conspiracy to commit
healthcare fraud and five counts of healthcare fraud.

A person who answered a number listed for Dubin on Tuesday declined to
comment but referred a reporter to Detroit-based white collar defense
attorney Mark Kriger. Kriger did not respond to requests for comment.

The indictment alleges that between about 2021 and 2024, Dubin, an
unidentified nurse and others conspired to commit healthcare fraud.

They submitted and caused the submission of fraudulent claims for items
and services that were not only medically unreasonable but not provided
as represented and "procured through illegal kickbacks and bribes," the
document alleges.

Dubin "agreed with others to receive and did receive illegal kickbacks,
bribes, and rebates in exchange for purchasing allografts from Company 1
and Company 2," the filing states. "These illegal payments were falsely
structured to appear as legitimate 'Rebate Agreements' while concealing
and disguising their true nature as illegal payments in exchange for
orders and purchases of Company 1 and Company 2 allografts."

According to the Life Link Tissue Bank, "An allograft is tissue (i.e.
bone, ligaments, heart valves) recovered from a human donor for
transplantation into another person."

Dubin was part of an investigation by The New York Times last year about
expensive bandages made from dehydrated placentas called skin
substitutes.

The indictment alleges that "allografts were applied to infected
wounds," to terminally ill patients' wounds that would not heal and
without trying conservative wound care.

The doctor falsified medical records to make the allografts appear
justified, according to the filing.

Using Dubin Medical Consultants, the doctor and others submitted false
claims for the reimbursement of allografts at their full invoiced price,
not the rebated price, then kept the difference between the
reimbursement and price actually paid as profit, the indictment states.

Dubin would hand over Medicare's reimbursement to one of the companies
accused in the case, which then transferred the money to a shell company
account and kicked 40 percent back to the doctor, according to the
indictment.

He and others hid the cost of allografts by "using the amounts listed on
sham invoices provided by Company 2" that did not reflect the 40 percent
kickback he received, the filing alleges.

Company 2 is described in the indictment as a company operating out of
Fort Worth, Texas.

The doctor previously told The Times that he bought bandages at a
discount from Legacy Medical Consultants, which is based in Fort Worth.

The company did not respond to a message requesting comment Tuesday.

Contact Noble Brigham at nbrigham@reviewjournal.com.

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NOTE: This article states Company 2 operates "out of Fort Worth, Texas"
and separately notes Dubin "previously told The Times" he bought
bandages from Fort-Worth-based Legacy Medical Consultants. The article
does NOT explicitly state Company 2 IS Legacy — that link is an inference
from the shared location + Dubin's own prior statement, not a confirmed
fact from the indictment text itself. See CASE_FILE.md open items.
