On June 20, US District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced a doctor who committed healthcare fraud schemes to five years in prison and ordered him to repay $2.87 million. Dr. Stanley L. Librach, now 64, of Chesterfield, pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy, one count of illegally prescribing controlled substances, one count of paying illegal kickbacks for referrals and one count of healthcare fraud. He admitted participating in healthcare fraud schemes involving both kickbacks and the illegal prescribing of controlled substances. In one scheme, Dr. Librach, Dr. Asim Muhammad Ali, and chiropractor Jerry Dale Leech agreed to send urine samples for testing to Central Diagnostic Laboratory (CDL) in exchange for illegal kickbacks that went to business entities owned by Leech and Denis J. Mikhlin. CDL then sought reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid for the testing. Dr. Librach also sent urine samples directly from his own separate private practice clinic to CDL. In exchange, Dr. Ali paid the wages of Dr. Librach’s employees.