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MIAMI – A 50-year-old girl stands accused of Medicare fraud after allegedly robotically paying patients bribes in Miami-Dade County.
Five Medicaid recipients allegedly known Margelys Pino Moreira as the girl who paid them each and every between $200-$600 in bribes only for attending psychosocial rehabilitation products and services.
According to an arrest warrant signed through Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Miguel M. de los angeles O on Tuesday, Moreira did so as the operations supervisor on the Hathor Wellcare Center, at 14269 SW 42 St.
“Moreira was the only person in charge of paying the kickbacks which were in cash placed inside a white envelope,” Ariel Perez, a regulation enforcement investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, wrote, in line with the warrant.
According to Perez, between Jan. 1, 2020, and July 12, 2023, Moreira paid over $15,600 in bribes allegedly ensuing in over $104,000 in claims billed to Medicaid.
Florida company information display Moreira was once additionally the identify vp of Hathor Wellcare Center and the registered agent of the Hathor Investment Group.
Moreira gave the impression in bond court docket on Friday after Miami-Dade correctional officials booked her on Thursday on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Moreira is going through a fee of Medicaid fraud/submitting false claims. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Alberto Milian was once set to preside over the case. Her bond was once set at $50,000.
Attorney General Merrick Garland introduced fees in opposition to medical doctors, nurse practitioners, and others around the U.S. accused of $2.7 billion in well being care fraud, together with a scheme in Florida to distribute misbranded HIV medication.
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