An Orlando rehabilitation center and orthopedic surgeon charged with violating anti-kickback laws have settled with a collective $1.5 million payment to the federal government.

The settlement is the fallout of a lawsuit brought by Jonathan Montes de Oca against his former employer, Conway Lakes Health & Rehabilitation Center. According to James Young, the Morgan & Morgan attorney who represented Montes de Oca, his client uncovered “a fairly organized scheme” by Conway Lakes to pay Central Florida physicians for referrals, then bill the federal government for the rehab services.