A Georgian citizen residing in Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in an international money laundering conspiracy involving over $1.1 million in illicit health care fraud proceeds. Irakli Nakashidze, 35, laundered funds derived from a scheme that defrauded Medicare and private insurers.
Nakashidze owned ABRH Care Inc., a purported medical supply company in Miami that was, in fact, a sham operation. In the first half of 2025 alone, ABRH billed Medicare and private insurers approximately $179 million for medical supplies, including orthotic braces and wound dressings, that were never provided to patients. This fraudulent billing was orchestrated by a transnational criminal organization, with Nakashidze transferring large sums of the proceeds to co-conspirators, including accounts in China and Hong Kong.
Nakashidze pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in November 2025. At his sentencing, he was ordered to pay $1,108,504 in forfeiture. The case was investigated by HHS-OIG, FBI, and OPM-OIG, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the U.S. Marshals Service. The Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division, created to combat fraud against the American people, prosecuted the case, supporting President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
The Department of Justice continues its efforts to combat health care fraud, with programs like the Health Care Fraud Strike Force having charged over 6,200 defendants since March 2007, involving more than $45 billion in fraudulent billings.