Former S.D. dentist pleads guilty to $17m medtech fraud scheme

A former dentist from South Dakota plead guilty last week to a $ 16.6 million scheme to defraud consumers through the sale of a sham laser device and associated treatments, promising it would cure more than 200 different conditions, according to a US Department of Justice report. The plea was the finale to a three-year effort from the DoJ to halt the distribution of the device, known as the “QLaser System”, according to the report. The defendant, 82-year-old Robert Lytle of Rapid City, S.D., plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to introduce misbranded medical devices into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud and mislead, and one count of criminal contempt. The pleas made were part of a plea agreement, according to the DoJ release. “Victimizing the elderly…
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