Therapists Convicted of Sex Slavery, Fraud
A Kansas couple who ran a psychotherapy practice were convicted of holding mentally ill people as slaves and forcing them to perform sex acts on videotape, and for billing Medicare nearly $1 million for therapy.
Arlan Kaufman, 69, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Wichita of 33 criminal counts, including charges of forced labor, involuntary servitude, healthcare fraud, mail fraud and obstruction of a federal audit.
His wife, Linda Kaufman, 62, was found guilty of all charges but one: making a false writing.
The Kaufmans were jailed pending a date for sentencing. They face more than 200 years in prison.
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