A diving instructor who defrauded the NHS of £250,000 by claiming false hyperbaric treatments has been jailed.
Michael Brass was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in 2009, but he skipped bail went on the run to Cyprus. He was arrested in Cyprus in February.
Brass, from Liverpool, got friends to pose as patients of Fort Bovisand hyperbaric chamber in Plymouth and then billed the NHS for their treatment. David Welsh, who ran the chamber at the time, was also found guilty of fraud and trying to pervert the course of justice - he was jailed for five years and three months.
The men filed 37 false claims for treatment over four years to health trusts across the UK. They claimed £6,500 for each treatment.
Brass faces a new hearing at Plymouth Crown Court in May to recover assets.
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