Indictment charges Decatur doctor, Rep. Ed Henry with kickbacks and bribery

Doctors in Decatur and Huntsville were charged with participating in a bribery and kickback scheme, and additional charges were filed against state Rep. Ed Henry (R) in a federal indictment filed last week.

The Hartselle lawmaker was originally indicted May 31 for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy with a Montgomery doctor, Gilberto Sanchez, to defraud Medicare. The superseding indictment filed last week alleges he engaged in similar conspiracies with Dr. Punuru Reddy of Decatur and Dr. Nicole Scruggs of Huntsville.

Henry’s lawyer said prosecutors filed the new indictment to put pressure on his client.

“By adding the two new defendants into Ed’s case, they hope that one or both will succumb to the pressure and then become witnesses for the prosecution,” Birmingham lawyer Max Pulliam said.

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