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Calif. Doc Charged in $250M COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Anthony Hao Dinh, 64, of Newport Coast, a licensed doctor of osteopathy, has been charged with defrauding the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) COVID-19 Uninsured Program, submitting over $250 million in false claims and receiving $150 million in payments, the Justice Department announced today.
Dinh was charged Wednesday in an 18-count indictment with defrauding the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program. He is also charged with obstructing the government’s investigation into improper health care billing.
The indictment alleges that Dinh submitted fraudulent claims for the treatment of patients who were insured, services that were not rendered, and services that were not medically necessary. As a result, HRSA made payments to Dinh through his medical practices in the approximate amount of $150 million.
In addition to the HRSA charges, Dinh is also accused of submitting or causing to be submitted approximately 65 fraudulent loan applications that sought nearly $8 million and caused the programs to disburse approximately $2.8 million in funds.
Dinh’s sister, Hanna (‘Hang’) Trinh Dinh, 65, of Lake Forest, has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and admitted helping submit fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications that sought more than $260,000 in COVID relief funds. Another defendant, Matthew Hoang Ho, 66, of Melbourne, Florida, was charged on May 2 in a grand jury indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in relation to the PPP and EIDL applications.
Dinh is free on a $7 million bond and is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment on October 30 in United States District Court in Santa Ana. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud and three of the money laundering charges, up to 10 years for two of the money laundering charges, and up to 20 years for the obstruction of justice charge that alleges he submitted false patient records in response to a grand jury subpoena.
This is the largest fraud scheme in the nation targeting the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program uncovered at this time.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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