According to the release, Mr. Guerra owned and operated 11 corporations that purported to supply durable medical equipment and submitted approximately $123 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare for DME that had not been prescribed or ordered by a physician nor delivered to patients. Medicare paid $35 million based on those claims.
Mr. Guerra was indicted on charges along with Jose Luis Perez of Golden Beach, Fla., in July. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 13, 2009.
Read the release about the $123 million Medicare fraud scheme.
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