Daniel Gilman of Ocean Grove admitted to paying a doctor cash bribes for patient referrals.
CAMDEN -- A Monmouth Count man was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison for paying bribes to a doctor in exchange for patient referrals to testing labs that paid him commissions, authorities said.
Daniel Gilman, 63, admitted to bribing Vincent Destasio, a physician from Toms River, with $25,000 in cash from March 2014 through May 2015 for referrals to two of his laboratory clients, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
Gilman was a principle of Promed Practice Consultants, a company that specializes in marketing and sales services for testing laboratories.
He sent patient referrals to a blood-testing laboratory and a laboratory for DNA testing. Gilman received monthly commission checks from the two labs, though authorities say they were not aware of the kickback scheme.
Gilman was charged with one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks. He was sentenced to one year in prison by U.S. District Judge Joseph Rodriguez in federal court in Camden.
Gilman also received a fine of $1,000, two years of supervised release and entered a forfeiture judgment of $25,000, Fishman said.
In June, Destasio pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to accept cash bribes. He is scheduled for sentencing on Friday.
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