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Can someone with more legal expertise explain why he is charged with wire fraud and not "accepting a kickback"?

Is it legal to take bribes if you do it in a way that doesn't create wire fraud? Was the crime taking kickbacks or was the crime being paid in a certain way (i.e. the LLC he created)?

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Specific anti-kickback laws only exist at the federal level for specific industries within federal purview like healthcare (through departments like CMS). Wire fraud is more general but is an avenue for the justice department to prosecute behavior like this (the crime is not specific to orchestrating a kickback scheme but defrauding his employer for personal gain).

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