YOUNGSTOWN– Michelle Kapon, 41, of Youngstown, one of three doctors accused in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, pleaded guilty to her charges at arraignment Monday in U.S. District Court.

Kapon, a family medicine practitioner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to solicit, receive, offer and pay kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program and two counts of receiving kickbacks in connection with a federal healthcare program.

Prosecutors said she conspired with the two other doctors to accept kickbacks. Prosecutors allege the other two doctors attempted to obtain reimbursement for testing that was not medically necessary.

The matter was referred to federal officials to carry out a report of her background before Kapon will be sentenced at an unspecified time. She remains free on a personal recognizance bond, meaning she did not have to pay anything.

She is required to surrender any passport or travel documents to the government, not obtain any new travel documents, not travel outside of the Northern District of Ohio, avoid contact with any victim or witness in the case and avoid contact with her co-defendants.

The two other doctors are Samir Wahib, 53, of Canfield, and Joni Canby, 62, of Poland, who pleaded not guilty last week to their charges, including one related to kickbacks involving a federal healthcare program and multiple counts of conspiracy to commit health fraud.

Wahib faces eight charges, and Canby faces five. Both were also released on a personal recognizance bond.

Wahib has been licensed since 1999, Canby since 1985 and Kapon since 2009, according to the Ohio Medical Board.