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San Antonio owner of hospice programs gets 20 years behind bars after telling healthy people they were going to die in complex fraud scheme
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In 2019, the Merida Health Care Group’s and its owner, Rodney Mesquias, were convicted of a $150 million health care fraud scheme that exploited thousands of patients. The company’s website in 2015 listed seven locations across Texas.Wayback Machine Internet ArchiveShow MoreShow Less
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The “About Us” section of Merida Group’s website in June 2013 says it was founded in 1994 by Beatrice Mesquias, but at some point her son Rodney Mesquias took over the hospice company. Last year, he was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently collect $150 million from the government for unnecessary hospice care.Wayback Machine Internet ArchiveShow MoreShow Less
Former NGO Procurement Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery justice.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from justice.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former NGO Procurement Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery
A former non-governmental organization (NGO) procurement official pleaded guilty today to paying bribes to NGO procurement officers in exchange for sensitive procurement information related to NGO contracts funded in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). These contracts were for the procurement of food and supplies that would ultimately be provided to those affected by various humanitarian crises, including refugees displaced by the conflict in Syria.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin of the District of Columbia, and Inspector General Ann Calvaresi Barr for the USAID Office of Inspector General (OIG) made the announcement.
Two Owners of New York Pharmacies Charged in a $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Case justice.gov - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from justice.gov Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The owners of more than a dozen New York City-area pharmacies exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to scam Medicaid out of $30 million, then used the money to buy themselves real estate and luxury items, federal authorities charged.
Peter Khaim, 40, and Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, both of Forest Hills, got others to pose as pharmacy owners or supervisors to take advantage of emergency override codes added to the Medicare system during the national state of emergency, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Brooklyn alleges.
They used these to submit fraudulent claims for the expensive cancer medication Targretin Gel 1%, none of which was ever provided, ordered, or even authorized by medical professionals, it says.