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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
20 years in prison for corporate exec who lied about terminal prognoses
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Owner of hospice companies sentenced to 20 years
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Owner of hospice companies sentenced to 20 years
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UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 3:16 pm CT
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The U.S. Justice Department said the scheme involved procurement of radiation-hardened circuits secured without required licenses. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX A federal grand jury has indicted three foreign nationals in connection to a scheme to procure radiation-hardened circuits bound for Russia without required licenses, the justice department announced Friday.
The four–count federal grand jury indictment returned in Austin and unsealed on Friday charges a Russian citizen and two Bulgarian citizens with violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Export Control Reform Act (ECRA), and a money laundering statute in attempts to secure the sensitive radiation-hardened circuits from the U.S. and ship those components to Russia through Bulgaria without required licenses, the U.S. Department of Justice said.