San Antonio physician s assistant pleads guilty to defrauding government in kickback scheme
July 8, 2021
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A physician’s assistant pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding Medicaid and Medicare in a kickback scheme.
In addition, a state agency temporarily suspended his license after finding that Christopher Felix Montoya was still running his practice from jail.
Montoya, 47, admitted to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to pay and receive health care kickbacks, according to the Department of Justice.
Montoya, who owns and operates TPC Family Medicine and Urgent Care Clinics in San Antonio and Laredo, was arrested in December 2019 along with Nancy Almaguer, the clinics’ chief operating officer.
FourWinds victims will receive about $171K from sale of Shavano Park estate owned by Gary Cain
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Victims of a fraud that landed Gary Cain, center, in federal prison will get at least $171,000 from the sale of his Shavano Park estate. Cain and other defendants were ordered to pay the victims $6.3 million in restitution. The house was Cain’s only significant asset.File photo
Victims of a fraud that involved former state Sen. Carlos Uresti will receive at least $171,000 from the proceeds of the sale of a Shavano Park estate that had been owned by his co-defendant.
The restitution is part of a settlement reached in a long-running dispute over proceeds from the sale of the house at 414 Bentley Manor. The house had been owned by Gary Cain, who was convicted with Uresti by a federal jury in 2018.
On Wednesday, Mackey filed a notice of his intent to plead guilty to one of those charges, according to new court documents.
As part of the plea agreement, Mackey could face a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison, rather than the 30 years he could have faced had he been found guilty on all three counts, public defender Doug Morris told the
Observer.
The federal court will decide in the coming months whether it accepts the plea deal, and if it does, sentencing is expected to take place later this year.
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A federal judge in San Antonio today sentenced Bradley Lane Croft, owner of Universal K-9, Inc., to 118 months of imprisonment for scheming to defraud the federal government of more than $1.5 million in Veterans Affairs GI Bill benefits to train service canines and their handlers.
In addition to the prison term, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra ordered that Croft pay $1,506,758.31 in restitution and be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his prison term. Today s sentence demonstrates what can happen to you if you choose to rip off one of the most important benefit programs we have for our veterans. My thanks goes to the prosecutors and our law enforcement partners who worked so hard to see justice served, said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff.