A Former Youngstown attorney has been sentenced to prison for felony insurance fraud. 

Anthony Fusco was sentenced in Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas to 18 months in prison for altering and inflating client medical bills to defraud insurance companies of nearly $1 million dollars. 

As part of a plea agreement, a previous telecommunications fraud count was dismissed.

Fusco worked for Kisling, Nestico & Redick while knowingly submitted inflated medical bills as part of bodily injury insurance claim settlements submitted to insurance companies.

Fusco knowingly submitting a false or deceptive statement as part of an application for insurance or insurance claim is a violation of Ohio law.

An audit of approximately 1,400 claim settlements Fusco handled between March 2017 and September 2019 revealed inflated medical bills had been included in 399 client claims submitted to 62 insurance companies. The medical bills were inflated by $859,464.44.

Fusco resigned from his position with Kisling, Nestico & Redick in October 2019. He joined the firm in December of 2015.

According to the Ohio Supreme Court website, Fusco's law license is inactive.

Fusco was indicted in January 2022.