Another day, another Medicare fraud case in Florida [1]. This week, a former Bank of America teller received three-plus years in prison for "falsifying reporting documents" for the owners of Miami-based S.Y.C. Home Medical Equipment, who frequently withdrew large sums of cash from their company's bank accounts.
The owners of the company--Juan Zaragoza and Angel Quesada--received similar prison terms as Michelle Torres, the teller. Zaragoza received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence, while Quesada will serve four and a half years.
Aside from the scam, Torres also will serve time--10 months--for fleeing the country, trying to avoid her day in court. After being indicted in 2007, she went to the Dominican Republic.
For more on this story:
- check out this Miami CBS4 article [2]
Related Articles:
Miami Medicare fraud leaders turn selves in [3]
FL health system settles Medicare fraud charges [4]
South Florida stands out as leader in Medicare fraud [1]
CMS fights fraud in CA and FL [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/south-florida-stands-out-leader-medicare-fraud/2009-04-24
[2] http://cbs4.com/local/medicare.michelle.torres.2.1114041.html
[3] http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/spotlight-miami-medicare-fraud-leaders-turn-selves/2008-09-03
[4] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/fl-health-system-settles-medicare-fraud-charges/2006-12-20
[5] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/cms-fights-fraud-ca-and-fl/2009-01-05