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# Former Device Company CEO Gets 6 Years in Prison
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/former-device-company-ceo-gets-6-years-in-prison/
- Published: 2024-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:33:38.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5157202

Stimwave founder and former CEO **Laura Perryman** has been sentenced to six years in prison by a New York federal judge in connection with a healthcare fraud scheme in which she created and sold a fake medical device component and told doctors they could claim $16,000 to $18,000 in reimbursement for implanting the device in patients. A Department of Justice [statement](https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/former-ceo-medical-device-company-sentenced-six-years-prison-creating-and-selling-fake?ref=fdaweb.com) says Perryman was found guilty of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud following a two-week trial in a New York federal court.

In addition to the prison term, Perryman was sentenced to three years of supervised release. The case involved Stimave’s creation at Perryman’s direction of a dummy plastic receiver to be implanted as part of its StimQ PNS neurostimulation device system.