A Carterville man has been sentenced to four years of probation for drug diversion and health care fraud charges.
The U.S. attorney says 42-year-old Joseph Mattingly was also ordered to pay a $500 fine along with a $200 special assessment.
According to court documents, Mattingly diverted Hydrocodone pills from a patient and defrauded the Medicare program of the cost of the pills.
Between August 20, 2018 and October 30, 2018, as a nurse with Progress Port, a center for adults with intellectual disabilities in Williamson County, Mattingly falsely claimed he dispensed 25 Hydrocodone pills to a Progress Port resident, but he actually diverted them for his own personal use.
Mattingly then took three Hydrocodone pills intended for the same Progress Port resident and replaced those pills with Tylenol.
