Tag: Medicare Fraud
John Bains, COVID-19 Testing Fraud, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Dallas laboratory, Magnolia Diagnostics, and its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, have agreed to pay $19.2 million to resolve allegations of COVID-19 testing fraud. The laboratory allegedly billed Medicare for medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panel testing performed on seniors receiving COVID-19 tests in Dallas, Texas. The scam exploited vulnerable…
David Antonio Becerril, Health Care Fraud, Washington 2018
⏱ 2 min read A 70-year-old physician from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a nationwide telemedicine fraud scheme that bilked Medicare out of $1.25 million. Dr. David Antonio Becerril, a licensed Washington physician, participated in the scheme between February 2018 and September 2019, falsely billing…
Leigh Tesar, Walter Presha, Jr., Koby Evans, Medicare Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking display of greed, several individuals in Florida have been charged with allegedly defrauding Medicare in a scheme involving over $118 million in false claims. The scam, which was part of a larger national takedown, resulted in charges against 455 defendants across 56 federal districts. Leigh Tesar, Walter Presha,…
Blanca Estela Cardenas and Raquel Pasillas, Medicare Fraud, California 2024
⏱ 2 min read A mother-daughter duo from San Diego, Blanca Estela Cardenas and Raquel Pasillas, allegedly carried out a scheme to bill Medicare for $9.5 million in fake wound care services between April and October 2024, while Cardenas was serving time in federal prison. The duo submitted claims under Cardenas’ National Provider Identifier, falsely…
Habroon Habib, Medicare Fraud, Connecticut 2025
⏱ 2 min read Habroon Habib, a 30-year-old Pakistani citizen and lawful US resident, operated a Medicare scam in Middletown, Connecticut, submitting nearly $1.9 million in fake claims for medical equipment. The scheme, which lasted from March to May 2025, involved Habib’s company, Around The World Solutions LLC, filing fraudulent claims to Medicare Advantage plans…
Feliciano Serrano, Medicare Fraud, California 2016
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Feliciano Serrano, a physician at Serrano Kidney & Vascular Access Center in Huntington Park, California, has been accused of performing medically unnecessary procedures on Medicare patients from 2016 to 2024. The unnecessary procedures included dialysis access interventions and peripheral artery disease interventions, which were allegedly performed to bilk Medicare out…
Helen Boerman, Medicare Fraud, Tennessee 2020
⏱ 2 min read Helen Boerman, a 48-year-old optometric physician from Brentwood, Tennessee, defrauded Medicare out of $6.9 million over a period of three-and-a-half years. Boerman, who owned Brentwood Eye Care, submitted false claims to Medicare for new wound care products she had not actually purchased or used. She split wound care products intended for…
San Diego Teacher, Maria Elena Garcia, Medicare Fraud, California 2018
⏱ 3 min read A San Diego teacher’s alleged scheme to scam Medicare has landed her in hot water. Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub, a former teacher, pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to launder millions of dollars in health care fraud proceeds. The scam involved billing Medicare nearly $51 million for bogus prescriptions and was paid…
Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, Medicare Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless Medicare scam that bilked the system for $11.4 million has landed a Florida nursing assistant a 9-year prison sentence. Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, 45, of Pompano Beach, operated a durable medical equipment supplier in Florida that submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Cruz paid kickbacks and…
Dr. Maria Rodriguez, Medicare Fraud, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read Dr. Jitesh Patel and his clinic, Advanced Urology, are paying $14 million to settle allegations of billing federal healthcare programs for unnecessary medical procedures in Atlanta, Georgia. The scheme involved submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for urological and diagnostic procedures that were not performed or were medically unnecessary. The…
