A Texas mental health clinic owner was convicted of orchestrating a $26 million scheme against the military’s health program and spending the loot on luxuries that included a gold-plated Cybertruck.
A federal jury in Fort Worth found Kevin D. Curry, 64, of Frisco, guilty Thursday on nine counts tied to a massive fraud against TRICARE, the health care program that covers active-duty servicemembers, retirees, and their families.
Fox News reported that prosecutors said Curry ran clinics in Plano and Fort Worth, Texas, and Fort Walton Beach, Florida, and billed the program for transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy that was medically unnecessary or never provided at all.
TRICARE paid roughly $17 million on more than $26 million in false, fraudulent, or kickback-tainted claims. Curry now faces a maximum of 10 years in prison on each count, with sentencing set for a later date.
The case is straightforward theft dressed up as medical care. Military families trusted a clinic system. Taxpayers footed the bill. Curry treated both as an ATM.
Prosecutors said Curry paid more than $5.5 million in illegal kickbacks to persuade active-duty servicemembers, veterans, and family members to consent to TMS therapy they did not qualify for and often did not receive.
The Justice Department said he falsely represented himself as a medical doctor. He used licensed doctors’ credentials without their knowledge or consent. He also directed employees to fabricate medical records to keep the claims flowing.
U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said Curry “shamelessly preyed on the trust of servicemembers, veterans, and their families.”
That is not a paperwork dispute. It is identity theft layered on top of fake treatment billed to a program built for people who wear the uniform and the families who stand behind them.
Prosecutors told the jury where the money went. Curry spent proceeds on luxury hotel stays, a lavish casino-themed party, and a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck valued at more than $100,000.
Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald put the waste in plain terms.
"This defendant exploited a critical health care program serving active-duty servicemembers and their families, diverting taxpayer dollars to bankroll personal luxuries ranging from hotel stays to a casino-themed party and even a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck,"
The jury convicted him on three counts of health care fraud, three counts of offering and paying illegal health care kickbacks, and three counts of engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property.
A federal district court judge will set the sentence after weighing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. The maximum exposure stacks high: 10 years on each of the nine counts.
TRICARE is not a private party fund. It is a taxpayer-backed safety net for people who serve and the spouses and children who move with them from base to base.
When a clinic owner pads claims, pays kickbacks, and forges records, every honest claim competes with fraud for limited dollars. Every unnecessary or nonexistent session billed as care is money that never reaches a real patient.
Curry owned and operated the clinics that submitted the claims. He controlled the billing pipeline. He directed the fabrications. The jury held him responsible.
No named victim statements appeared in the initial reporting. No sentencing date has been set. The dollar figures and the luxury list already tell the story of priorities: kickbacks out the door, a gold truck in the driveway, and military families left holding the bill.
Fraud against TRICARE is not a victimless paperwork game. It is a direct hit on people who already carry the heaviest load, and on the taxpayers who fund their care. Accountability starts with a guilty verdict. It finishes when the sentence matches the scale of the theft.
