Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Former CEO Of Hospital For Special Surgery In $1.4 Million Kickback Scheme
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Thomas O’Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (“HHS-OIG”), announced today the arrest of JOHN R. REYNOLDS, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital for Special Surgery (the “Hospital”), in connection with a decade-long kickback scheme involving $1.4 million in payments that he allegedly extorted or solicited from Hospital vendors, a Hospital employee, and a United Kingdom-based healthcare organization. REYNOLDS is also charged with making false statements to law enforcement. He was arrested this morning at his home in Massachusetts and is expected to appear later today in federal court in Boston.