Arlene Carlo-Montalvo, a resident of Puerto Rico, was charged with 48 counts of theft or embezzlement in connection with health care, 48 counts of wire fraud, two counts of misuse of social security number, and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
The charges stem from Carlo-Montalvo’s role in a scheme or artifice to defraud Medical Card System Inc., also known as MCS, in the amount of $219,508.56, by means of fraudulent pretenses and using social security numbers assigned to other persons.
Carlo-Montalvo, as an employee of MCS, created a fictitious vendor and would manipulate the system to submit false invoices for services not rendered.
The agencies in charge of the investigation are Social Security Administration- Office of Inspector General and Homeland Security Investigations.
The charges were announced in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico on June 15, 2016.
Arlene Carlo-Montalvo, Medicare Fraud, Puerto Rico 2016
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Key Facts
- State: Puerto Rico
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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