A Las Vegas businessman has pleaded guilty to his role in a $13 million fraud upon the North Carolina Medicaid program.
Timothy Mark Harron, 52, admitted to conspiring with his wife, Latisha Harron, to carry out the massive fraud by billing the government for fictitious home health services. The scheme involved exploiting an eligibility tool trusted only to NC Medicaid providers.
Harron and his wife searched publicly available sources, including obituary postings on the internet, to locate recently deceased North Carolinians. They would then extract personal information from the postings and use it to query the NC Medicaid eligibility tool. If the deceased individual had a valid Medicaid Identification Number and was eligible, the defendants would use that identity to ‘back-bill’ NC Medicaid for up to one year of fictitious home health services.
The fraud was carried out via the internet from locations around the globe, including their corporate office building in Las Vegas, their penthouse condominium, a corporate office in North Carolina, and various hotels and luxury resorts in and outside of the United States.
Harron pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Aggravated Identity Theft. He also agreed to forfeit the proceeds of his crimes, which included a British Aerospace Bae 125-800A Aircraft, a 2017 Aston Martin DB 11 sports car, a 2016 Ford F-150 Super-Crew pickup truck, and various other luxury items.
The scheme involved real property held in the name of Assured Healthcare Systems in Hertford County, North Carolina, real property located in Charles County, Maryland, and various other items of designer jewelry and luxury items seized from the defendant’s penthouse condominium.
Harron’s wife, Latisha Harron, has already pleaded guilty to similar charges and is awaiting sentencing. The indictment alleges that Harron was also a previously convicted felon, and that this fact was concealed from the NC Medicaid on enrollment documents.
The case began in 2017 when Latisha Harron moved to Las Vegas to live with Harron. They were married in 2018. In total, Harron admitted to working with his wife to launder the proceeds of the fraud into various luxury items, including a $900,000 private jet.
Harron’s guilty plea includes forfeiting the proceeds of his crimes, which total $13 million. The case is ongoing, and Harron is awaiting sentencing. The indictment alleges that Harron and his wife carried out the fraud by exploiting an eligibility tool trusted only to NC Medicaid providers.
The scheme involved real property held in the name of Assured Healthcare Systems in Hertford County, North Carolina, real property located in Charles County, Maryland, and various other items of designer jewelry and luxury items seized from the defendant’s penthouse condominium.
Harron’s wife, Latisha Harron, has already pleaded guilty to similar charges and is awaiting sentencing. The indictment alleges that Harron was also a previously convicted felon, and that this fact was concealed from the NC Medicaid on enrollment documents.
Raleigh, N.C. – Timothy Mark Harron, 52, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Aggravated Identity Theft. He further agreed to forfeit the proceeds of his crimes, which include $13 million in cash and various luxury items.
Defendant: Timothy Mark Harron
Criminal Charges: Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Aggravated Identity Theft
City and State: Raleigh, North Carolina
Date: 2023
Sentence: Timothy Mark Harron is awaiting sentencing, but he has agreed to forfeit $13 million in proceeds from the Medicaid fraud scheme.
Dollar Amounts: $13 million in cash and various luxury items
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Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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