Health fraud · Sunday, September 27, 2026
Texas clinic owner convicted in a $26 million military health-benefits scheme
The File desk · Sep 27, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed (DOJ Office of Public Affairs, Sept. 25, 2026)
A Fort Worth federal jury convicted Kevin D. Curry, 64, of Frisco, Texas, in a scheme that billed the military health program TRICARE more than $26 million for brain-stimulation therapy that was unnecessary or never given. Prosecutors said the scheme paid more than $5.5 million in kickbacks and that proceeds paid for luxuries, including a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck. TRICARE paid about $17 million. The department posted the verdict on Friday, Sept. 25, and said the jury convicted him the day before. Sentencing is later. The department said he faces up to 10 years on each count.
A federal jury in Fort Worth convicted Kevin D. Curry, 64, of Frisco, Texas.
The Justice Department posted the result on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, and said the jury convicted him the day before.
Prosecutors said his clinic, Acuity, billed TRICARE, the military health-benefits program, more than $26 million for brain-stimulation therapy that was unnecessary or never given.
They said the scheme paid more than $5.5 million in kickbacks.
TRICARE paid about $17 million, the department said.
Prosecutors said proceeds paid for luxuries, including a gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck.
Sentencing is later. The department said he faces up to 10 years in prison on each count.
What is still unknown or disputed
- The sentencing date is not in the release.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Texas Mental Health Clinic Owner Convicted in $26M Scheme to Defraud Military Health Benefits Program
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs · September 25, 2026
Acuity billed TRICARE over $26 million. TRICARE paid approximately $17 million.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-mental-health-clinic-owner-convicted-26m-scheme-defraud-military-health-benefits