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Texas Medicare Fraud Scheme Uncovered
A 16-person Medicare fraud scheme has been uncovered in Texas, with defendants accused of bilking the system for $60 million.
The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last week and unsealed today, charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Twelve of the defendants are also charged with at least one other count related to the conspiracy.
“That tens of millions of dollars were stolen through fraud is shocking enough,” said U.S. Attorney John Parker. “That these defendants used human life at its most vulnerable stage as the grist for this scheme displays a shocking level of depravity that this community simply cannot tolerate.”
The indictment alleges that from July 2012 to September 2016, Novus billed Medicare and Medicaid more than sixty million dollars for fraudulent hospice services, of which more than thirty-five million dollars was paid to Novus.
The scheme allegedly involved submitting false claims for hospice services, recruiting ineligible hospice beneficiaries by providing kickbacks to referring physicians and healthcare facilities, and falsifying and destroying documents to conceal these activities from Medicare.
Defendants charged include:
- Bradley J. Harris, 35, of Frisco, Texas
- Amy L. Harris, 42, of Frisco, Texas
- Melanie L. Murphey, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas
- Patricia B. Armstrong, 33, of Coppell, Texas
- Mark E. Gibbs, 46, of Lindsay, Texas
- Laila N. Hirjee, 50, of Plano, Texas
- Syed M. Aziz, 51, of Frisco, Texas
- Reziuddin Siddique, 63, of Allen, Texas
- Charles R. Leach, 64, of Arlington, Texas
- Jessica J. Love, 37, of Gainesville, Texas
- Ali Rizvi, 49, of Carrollton, Texas
- Tammie L. Little, 55, of Brashear, Texas
- Mary Jaclyn Pannell, 29, of Krum, Texas
- Taryn E. Stuart, 32, of Sanger, Texas
- Slade C. Brown, 47, of Plano, Texas
- Samuel D. Anderson, 35, of Carrollton, Texas
The investigation is ongoing, and the U.S. Attorney’s office is working to recover the stolen funds.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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