The Texas Attorney General's Office said an accomplice, Pamela Robinson Russell, 37, of Galena Park was sentenced Jan. 13 to five years probation and $108,000 in restitution.
The two were charged with receiving kickbacks between $200 and $800 on each referral from Anefiok Jimmy Eking, owner of Medical Equipment and Supplies and MESCORP.
Eking, now a fugitive, and his companies have been charged with illegally billing Medicaid almost $10 million over four years for motorized wheelchairs and related equipment that were either unnecessary or could have been made available at much lower cost to those in need.