U.S. v. Maritza Claudia Fernanda Lorza Ramirez, and James Arley Velasco Gonzalez, Case No. 12-60090-CR-KMW
This indictment charges defendants Maritza Lorza Ramirez and James Velasco Gonzalez with conspiracy to commit money laundering and substantive counts of money laundering. More specifically, the indictment alleges that between January 2006 and December 2010, Lorza and Velasco laundered approximately $3 million in health care fraud proceeds for several companies using their own corporations, including Celebration Home Services, Inc., 4 All Your Needs, Inc., VPP Staffing, Inc, and Work Force Innovations, Inc. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Juenger.
U.S. v. Orlando Conrado Piedra Jr., Case No. 12-60091-CR-KMW
This indictment charges Orlando Piedra, an accountant, with conspiracy to commit money laundering and substantive counts of money laundering. More specifically, the indictment alleges that between June 2007 and September 2009, Piedra laundered approximately $500,000 in health care fraud proceeds for several companies through his own company, Media Health Consultants, Inc. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Juenger.
U.S. v. Armando “Manny” Gonzalez, John Thoen, Wondera Eason, Paul Thomas Layman, Alexandra Haynes, Serena Joslin, Ivon Perez, Daniel Martinez, Raymond Rivero, Case No. 12-20291-CR-Altonaga
Armando “Manny” Gonzalez, John Thoen, Wondera Eason, Paul Thomas Layman, Alexandra Haynes, and Serena Joslin are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud through a company called Health Care Solutions Network (HCSN). Additionally, defendants Gonzalez, Daniel Martinez, Raymond Rivero, and Ivon Perez are charged with conspiracy to receive and pay health care kickbacks; defendants Martinez, Rivero, and Perez are charged with substantive counts of soliciting and receiving health care kickbacks; defendants Gonzalez and Thoen are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering; and defendant Gonzalez is charged with substantive counts of money laundering. More specifically, the indictment alleges that between November 2004 and March 2011, Gonzalez, Thoen, Eason, Layman, Haynes, and Joslin conspired to submit approximately $63 million in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid for mental health services that were neither necessary nor provided. The indictment also alleges that Gonzalez conspired with owners of Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), including Martinez, Rivero, and Perez to pay and receive health care kickbacks in exchange for referring Medicare beneficiaries to HCSN. This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Steven Kim of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
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