Berly Schwartz, Dante David, Socorro Narciso, Orlee Lumiguid, Ruth Magracia and Carlisele Le were among 42 defendants charged last year for their involvement in a fraud scheme that used people to pose as nurses who would provide in-home care to disabled patients.
Priscilla Villabroza, who was a registered nurse and ran the scheme out of the Sante Fe Springs-based Medcare Plus Home Health Providers, pleaded guilty last year.
A date for sentencing has not yet been set.
Read the news release published by The Orange County Register on the Medi-Cal fraud ring.
Read other coverage on healthcare fraud:
– Five Arrested in Florida for Medicaid Fraud and Other Felony Charges
– Two Vermont Caregivers Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud
– Texas Ex-Couple Sentenced for Defrauding Medicaid
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