Miami HHA Owners, Recruiters Get Jail Time
Published on Wed Sep 01, 2010
More individuals are going to jail for Miami-area home health agency fraud. Owners and patient recruiters at ABC Home Health Care and Florida Home Health Care Providers received their sentences in federal court Sept. 27 after admitting to Medicare fraud related to furnishing unnecessary services or not furnishing services at all, reports the South Miami Business News. Owners Alejandro Hernandez Quiros and Vicenta Tellechea received sentences of six-and-ahalf years and five-and-a-half years in prison, respectively, the newspaper says. They also each received three years supervised release. Recruiter Carlos Castaneda, who admitted to paying kickbacks and bribes, received three years and three months in prison, plus three years supervised release. Javier Zambrana received probation for acting as a straw owner of ABC, in place of his parents. His parents were convicted last November and face sentencing this month, the News says. Eight people were indicted in the $15 million fraud scheme last [...]