A US court has found Jesmina Ramirez of Florida guilty of laundering nearly $786,000 in money stolen from Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurers as part of a large-scale health care fraud scheme.
Ramirez laundered money for five fraudulent medical supply companies. The fraudulent companies billed Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers over $48 million for medical supplies that were never actually purchased or supplied to patients. Ramirez then laundered the proceeds of this fraud by cashing checks from the fraudulent companies. She returned the cash to her co-conspirators after retaining her commission. Over the course of 2 years, Ramirez cashed over 120 checks from the fraudulent companies.
Ramirez could face a prison sentence of up to 20 years each for ML and conspiracy to commit ML. She will receive her sentence in July 2022.
Source: US Department of Justice