Ex-SpineFrontier CFO Aditya Humad Sentenced to Prison for Bribery

Humad, 41, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the federal anti-kickback statute. He was sentenced to four months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $9,500 fine.

The charges stem from a scheme in which Humad and others paid more than $540,000 in bribes to surgeons through sham consulting fees for work they did not perform. The payments were intended to induce surgeons to use SpineFrontier's spinal implant products.

The scheme generated millions of dollars in sales for SpineFrontier, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Humad was charged in September 2021 along with Kingsley R. Chin, the company's founder, president, and CEO.

SpineFrontier, a spinal implant company, faced significant financial penalties as a result of the fraud. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts.