COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Supreme Court of Ohio has indefinitely suspended the law license of a Boardman attorney convicted of padding client medical bills to boost his own pay.

In a decision released Friday, the court ruled that Anthony J. Fusco will not receive credit for the time his license has been inactive since September 2022. This ruling means Fusco must wait at least two years before he is eligible to apply for reinstatement.

Fusco was admitted to the practice of law in 2015. Between March 2017 and October 2019, he submitted falsely inflated medical bills in 399 cases involving 62 different insurance companies. According to court documents, Fusco added a total of $859,464.44 to these bills.

The scheme increased the legal fees earned by his firm, which in turn increased Fusco’s perf

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