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EDT) \u2014 Un juez federal de Miami conden\u00f3 al \u00faltimo de los 10 propietarios de centros de vida asistida del sur de Florida acusados \u200b\u200bel a\u00f1o pasado de conspirar con una farmacia local para defraudar a Medicare y Medicaid, seg\u00fan el Departamento de Justicia de EE. UU. y registros judiciales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La jueza federal de distrito Marcia G. Cooke conden\u00f3 a Maribel Galv\u00e1n, de 43 a\u00f1os, de Miami Lakes, el 12 de julio a un a\u00f1o y un d\u00eda de prisi\u00f3n, seguido de tres a\u00f1os de libertad supervisada. Tambi\u00e9n le orden\u00f3 pagar 12.000 d\u00f3lares en restituci\u00f3n, dijo el Departamento de Justicia el mi\u00e9rcoles en un anuncio sobre la finalizaci\u00f3n del caso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otro juez federal tambi\u00e9n redujo la semana pasada la sentencia de la ex propietaria de la farmacia en el centro del plan por su cooperaci\u00f3n en investigaciones de fraude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En octubre, los fiscales federales acusaron a Mar\u00eda Serrano, ex propietaria y administradora de Florida Pharmacy, con sede en Hialeah, de conspirar para robar dinero y propiedades del gobierno, y en un caso separado acusaron a los propietarios de centros de vida asistida, a quienes Serrano pag\u00f3 sobornos y comisiones il\u00edcitas a cambio de refiriendo a residentes que eran beneficiarios de Medicare y Medicaid a su negocio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Como parte del plan, Serrano tambi\u00e9n acept\u00f3 medicamentos recetados devueltos que ya hab\u00edan sido pagados por Medicare y Medicaid, supuestamente para uso de los residentes del centro de vida asistida, y, con sus c\u00f3mplices, revendi\u00f3 los medicamentos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los fiscales en ese momento describieron el plan como \u201cun delito grave que se ha convertido en un problema cada vez mayor en el sur de Florida\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galv\u00e1n y los otros nueve propietarios de instalaciones de vida asistida se hab\u00edan declarado previamente culpables de conspirar con Florida Pharmacy para recibir comisiones il\u00edcitas y sobornos a cambio de remitir a beneficiarios que viv\u00edan en sus instalaciones para presentar reclamaciones por medicamentos recetados y equipos m\u00e9dicos ante Medicare y Medicaid, inform\u00f3 el DOJ. dicho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan el Departamento de Justicia, la participaci\u00f3n de los propietarios de centros de vida asistida viol\u00f3 sus acuerdos con proveedores de Medicaid, as\u00ed como las normas y regulaciones federales y estatales contra las sobornos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El juez Cooke dict\u00f3 sentencias de prisi\u00f3n que van desde ocho meses a un a\u00f1o y un d\u00eda para nueve de los 10 acusados: Galv\u00e1n; Marlene Marrero, 60 a\u00f1os, de Miami; Norma Casanova, 67 a\u00f1os, de Miami Lakes; Yeny De Erbiti, 51 a\u00f1os, de Miami; Ren\u00e9 Vega, 57 a\u00f1os, de Miami; Dianelys P\u00e9rez, 34 a\u00f1os, de Miami Gardens; Osniel Vera, 47 a\u00f1os, de Hialeah; Alicia Almeida, 56 a\u00f1os, de Miami Lakes; y Jorge Rodr\u00edguez, de 57 a\u00f1os, de Hialeah, seg\u00fan el Departamento de Justicia y registros judiciales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La d\u00e9cima acusada, Blanca Orozco, de 69 a\u00f1os, de Miramar, fue sentenciada a prisi\u00f3n domiciliaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A todos los acusados \u200b\u200btambi\u00e9n se les orden\u00f3 cumplir tres a\u00f1os de libertad supervisada y pagar restituci\u00f3n, y est\u00e1n sujetos a sentencias de decomiso, dijo el DOJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sus negocios inclu\u00edan Senior's Palace Inc., Soby Group Homes, cuatro ubicaciones administradas por Casanova ALF, Paradise Adult Center Inc., Ailin Living Facility Inc., Vega's ALF Corp., Ambars Group Home Corp., PM Adult Home Corp., La Reina. ALF Corp., Home My Family Inc., Alelise ALF Corp. y Julia Home Health Care Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El juez federal de distrito Jos\u00e9 E. Mart\u00ednez conden\u00f3 a Serrano en febrero a 30 meses de prisi\u00f3n seguidos de tres a\u00f1os de libertad supervisada y le orden\u00f3 pagar m\u00e1s de 1,2 millones de d\u00f3lares en restituci\u00f3n. El viernes pasado accedi\u00f3 a una moci\u00f3n para reducir su pena, modificando su pena de prisi\u00f3n a un a\u00f1o y un d\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los fiscales sugirieron que una reducci\u00f3n del 50 por ciento ser\u00eda justa y apropiada a la luz de la decisi\u00f3n de Serrano de cooperar y brindar \u201casistencia sustancial y extensa\u201d en el procesamiento de otras personas involucradas en fraude a Medicaid y Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSi bien no excusa el delito muy grave que cometieron Mar\u00eda Serrano y sus c\u00f3mplices, la reducci\u00f3n s\u00ed reconoce y recompensa la voluntad de Mar\u00eda Serrano de cooperar y brindar testimonio veraz que los agentes podr\u00edan usar y usaron para procesar a otros, conducta que Es de esperar que otros acusados \u200b\u200bemulen en el futuro\u201d, dijeron los fiscales al tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El abogado de Serrano le dijo a Law360 que calificar\u00eda su cooperaci\u00f3n como sin precedentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEst\u00e1 deseando dejar todo esto atr\u00e1s y volver con su familia\u201d, dijo el jueves Adam Schwartz de Homer Bonner Jacobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los abogados de los acusados \u200b\u200bde varios centros de vida asistida no respondieron de inmediato a las solicitudes de comentarios el jueves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambos casos fueron procesados \u200b\u200bpor Hagerenesh K. 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the last of 10 South Florida assisted living facility owners charged last year for conspiring with a local pharmacy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and court records. U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Maribel Galvan, 43, of Miami Lakes, on July 12 to one year and one day of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. She also ordered her to pay $12,000 in restitution, the DOJ said Wednesday in an announcement of the case\u2019s completion. Another federal judge last week also reduced the sentence of the former owner of the pharmacy at the center of the scheme for her cooperation in fraud investigations. Federal prosecutors in October charged Maria Serrano, the former owner and administrator of Hialeah-based Florida Pharmacy, with conspiring to steal government money and property, and in a separate case charged the assisted living facility owners, whom Serrano paid bribes and kickbacks in exchange for referring residents who were Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to her business. As part of the scheme, Serrano also accepted returned prescription drugs that had already been paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, purportedly for use by the assisted living facility residents, and, with her co-conspirators, resold the drugs. Prosecutors at the time described the scheme as \u201ca serious crime that has become an ever-increasing problem in South Florida.\u201d Galvan and the nine other assisted living facility owners had previously pled guilty to conspiring with Florida Pharmacy to receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referring beneficiaries who were living in their facilities to file claims for prescription medication and medical equipment with Medicare and Medicaid, the DOJ said. The assisted living facility owners\u2019 participation violated their Medicaid provider agreements as well as federal and state anti-kickback rules and regulations, according to the DOJ. Judge Cooke issued prison sentences ranging from eight months to one year and one day for nine of the 10 defendants: Galvan; Marlene Marrero, 60, of Miami; Norma Casanova, 67, of Miami Lakes; Yeny De Erbiti, 51, of Miami; Rene Vega, 57, of Miami; Dianelys Perez, 34, of Miami Gardens; Osniel Vera, 47, of Hialeah; Alicia Almeida, 56, of Miami Lakes; and Jorge Rodriguez, 57, of Hialeah, according to the DOJ and court records. The 10th defendant, Blanca Orozco, 69, of Miramar, was sentenced to home confinement. All of the defendants were also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution, and are subject to forfeiture judgments, the DOJ said. Their businesses included Senior\u2019s Palace Inc., Soby Group Homes, four locations run by Casanova ALF, Paradise Adult Center Inc., Ailin Living Facility Inc., Vega\u2019s ALF Corp., Ambars Group Home Corp., PM Adult Home Corp., La Reina ALF Corp., Home My Family Inc., Alelise ALF Corp. and Julia Home Health Care Inc. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced Serrano in February to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution. Last Friday, he granted a motion to reduce her sentence, amending her prison term to one year and one day. Prosecutors suggested a 50 percent reduction would be fair and appropriate in light of Serrano\u2019s decision to cooperate and provide \u201csubstantial and extensive assistance\u201d in the prosecution of others involved in Medicaid and Medicare fraud. \u201cWhile it does not excuse the very serious crime that Maria Serrano and her co-conspirators committed, the reduction does recognize and reward the willingness of Maria Serrano to cooperate and provide truthful testimony that agents could use and did use to prosecute others, conduct that hopefully other defendants will emulate in the future,\u201d prosecutors told the court. Serrano\u2019s counsel told Law360 that he would characterize her cooperation as unprecedented. \u201cShe is looking forward to put all of this behind her and get back to her family,\u201d Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs said Thursday. Attorneys for the various assisted living facilities\u2019 defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday. Both cases were prosecuted by Hagerenesh K. Simmons of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Marrero is represented by Jacob M. Denaro and by Moises Thomas Grayson of Blaxberg Grayson Kukoff &amp; Twombly PA. Orozco is represented by Lawrence E. Besser of Samek &amp; Besser and Abe Koss. Casanova and Perez are represented by Roy Jeffrey Kahn. De Erbiti is represented by the Law Office of Michael Mirer PA. Vega is represented by Frank J Gaviria PA. Galvan is represented by Roger Cabrera PA. Vera is represented by Matthew Eric Ladd. Almeida is represented by Carlos Fernando Gonzalez of Rimon PC. Rodriguez is represented by Elio Vazquez. Serrano is represented by Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs. The cases are USA v. Marrero et al., case number 1:16-cr-20799, and USA v. Serrano, case number 1:16-cr-20786, both in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. \u2013Editing by Alanna Weissman. law360.com Latest Posts School fight caught on cameraAugust 18, 2023 Cops took $22 million cash stuffed in buckets from his home. But he won\u2019t lose it all.February 7, 2018 10th Sentence Handed Down In Fla. Health Care Fraud CaseJuly 20, 2017 Man identified as Colombian judge accused in arms-shipment case in MiamiJune 11, 2017 Archive February 2018 July 2017 June 2017 November 2016 October 2016 March 2016 February 2016 April 2014 March 2013 June 2012 March 2012<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10th Sentence Handed Down In Fla. Health Care Fraud Case - Gaviria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frankgaviria.com\/es\/10th-sentence-handed-down-in-fla-health-care-fraud-case-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10th Sentence Handed Down In Fla. Health Care Fraud Case - Gaviria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Law360, Miami (July 20, 2017, 9:51 PM EDT) \u2014 A federal judge in Miami has sentenced the last of 10 South Florida assisted living facility owners charged last year for conspiring with a local pharmacy to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and court records. U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke sentenced Maribel Galvan, 43, of Miami Lakes, on July 12 to one year and one day of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. She also ordered her to pay $12,000 in restitution, the DOJ said Wednesday in an announcement of the case\u2019s completion. Another federal judge last week also reduced the sentence of the former owner of the pharmacy at the center of the scheme for her cooperation in fraud investigations. Federal prosecutors in October charged Maria Serrano, the former owner and administrator of Hialeah-based Florida Pharmacy, with conspiring to steal government money and property, and in a separate case charged the assisted living facility owners, whom Serrano paid bribes and kickbacks in exchange for referring residents who were Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to her business. As part of the scheme, Serrano also accepted returned prescription drugs that had already been paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, purportedly for use by the assisted living facility residents, and, with her co-conspirators, resold the drugs. Prosecutors at the time described the scheme as \u201ca serious crime that has become an ever-increasing problem in South Florida.\u201d Galvan and the nine other assisted living facility owners had previously pled guilty to conspiring with Florida Pharmacy to receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referring beneficiaries who were living in their facilities to file claims for prescription medication and medical equipment with Medicare and Medicaid, the DOJ said. The assisted living facility owners\u2019 participation violated their Medicaid provider agreements as well as federal and state anti-kickback rules and regulations, according to the DOJ. Judge Cooke issued prison sentences ranging from eight months to one year and one day for nine of the 10 defendants: Galvan; Marlene Marrero, 60, of Miami; Norma Casanova, 67, of Miami Lakes; Yeny De Erbiti, 51, of Miami; Rene Vega, 57, of Miami; Dianelys Perez, 34, of Miami Gardens; Osniel Vera, 47, of Hialeah; Alicia Almeida, 56, of Miami Lakes; and Jorge Rodriguez, 57, of Hialeah, according to the DOJ and court records. The 10th defendant, Blanca Orozco, 69, of Miramar, was sentenced to home confinement. All of the defendants were also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution, and are subject to forfeiture judgments, the DOJ said. Their businesses included Senior\u2019s Palace Inc., Soby Group Homes, four locations run by Casanova ALF, Paradise Adult Center Inc., Ailin Living Facility Inc., Vega\u2019s ALF Corp., Ambars Group Home Corp., PM Adult Home Corp., La Reina ALF Corp., Home My Family Inc., Alelise ALF Corp. and Julia Home Health Care Inc. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced Serrano in February to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution. Last Friday, he granted a motion to reduce her sentence, amending her prison term to one year and one day. Prosecutors suggested a 50 percent reduction would be fair and appropriate in light of Serrano\u2019s decision to cooperate and provide \u201csubstantial and extensive assistance\u201d in the prosecution of others involved in Medicaid and Medicare fraud. \u201cWhile it does not excuse the very serious crime that Maria Serrano and her co-conspirators committed, the reduction does recognize and reward the willingness of Maria Serrano to cooperate and provide truthful testimony that agents could use and did use to prosecute others, conduct that hopefully other defendants will emulate in the future,\u201d prosecutors told the court. Serrano\u2019s counsel told Law360 that he would characterize her cooperation as unprecedented. \u201cShe is looking forward to put all of this behind her and get back to her family,\u201d Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs said Thursday. Attorneys for the various assisted living facilities\u2019 defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday. Both cases were prosecuted by Hagerenesh K. Simmons of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Marrero is represented by Jacob M. Denaro and by Moises Thomas Grayson of Blaxberg Grayson Kukoff &amp; Twombly PA. Orozco is represented by Lawrence E. Besser of Samek &amp; Besser and Abe Koss. Casanova and Perez are represented by Roy Jeffrey Kahn. De Erbiti is represented by the Law Office of Michael Mirer PA. Vega is represented by Frank J Gaviria PA. Galvan is represented by Roger Cabrera PA. Vera is represented by Matthew Eric Ladd. Almeida is represented by Carlos Fernando Gonzalez of Rimon PC. Rodriguez is represented by Elio Vazquez. Serrano is represented by Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs. The cases are USA v. Marrero et al., case number 1:16-cr-20799, and USA v. Serrano, case number 1:16-cr-20786, both in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. \u2013Editing by Alanna Weissman. law360.com Latest Posts School fight caught on cameraAugust 18, 2023 Cops took $22 million cash stuffed in buckets from his home. But he won\u2019t lose it all.February 7, 2018 10th Sentence Handed Down In Fla. 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She also ordered her to pay $12,000 in restitution, the DOJ said Wednesday in an announcement of the case\u2019s completion. Another federal judge last week also reduced the sentence of the former owner of the pharmacy at the center of the scheme for her cooperation in fraud investigations. Federal prosecutors in October charged Maria Serrano, the former owner and administrator of Hialeah-based Florida Pharmacy, with conspiring to steal government money and property, and in a separate case charged the assisted living facility owners, whom Serrano paid bribes and kickbacks in exchange for referring residents who were Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to her business. As part of the scheme, Serrano also accepted returned prescription drugs that had already been paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, purportedly for use by the assisted living facility residents, and, with her co-conspirators, resold the drugs. Prosecutors at the time described the scheme as \u201ca serious crime that has become an ever-increasing problem in South Florida.\u201d Galvan and the nine other assisted living facility owners had previously pled guilty to conspiring with Florida Pharmacy to receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for referring beneficiaries who were living in their facilities to file claims for prescription medication and medical equipment with Medicare and Medicaid, the DOJ said. The assisted living facility owners\u2019 participation violated their Medicaid provider agreements as well as federal and state anti-kickback rules and regulations, according to the DOJ. Judge Cooke issued prison sentences ranging from eight months to one year and one day for nine of the 10 defendants: Galvan; Marlene Marrero, 60, of Miami; Norma Casanova, 67, of Miami Lakes; Yeny De Erbiti, 51, of Miami; Rene Vega, 57, of Miami; Dianelys Perez, 34, of Miami Gardens; Osniel Vera, 47, of Hialeah; Alicia Almeida, 56, of Miami Lakes; and Jorge Rodriguez, 57, of Hialeah, according to the DOJ and court records. The 10th defendant, Blanca Orozco, 69, of Miramar, was sentenced to home confinement. All of the defendants were also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution, and are subject to forfeiture judgments, the DOJ said. Their businesses included Senior\u2019s Palace Inc., Soby Group Homes, four locations run by Casanova ALF, Paradise Adult Center Inc., Ailin Living Facility Inc., Vega\u2019s ALF Corp., Ambars Group Home Corp., PM Adult Home Corp., La Reina ALF Corp., Home My Family Inc., Alelise ALF Corp. and Julia Home Health Care Inc. U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced Serrano in February to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution. Last Friday, he granted a motion to reduce her sentence, amending her prison term to one year and one day. Prosecutors suggested a 50 percent reduction would be fair and appropriate in light of Serrano\u2019s decision to cooperate and provide \u201csubstantial and extensive assistance\u201d in the prosecution of others involved in Medicaid and Medicare fraud. \u201cWhile it does not excuse the very serious crime that Maria Serrano and her co-conspirators committed, the reduction does recognize and reward the willingness of Maria Serrano to cooperate and provide truthful testimony that agents could use and did use to prosecute others, conduct that hopefully other defendants will emulate in the future,\u201d prosecutors told the court. Serrano\u2019s counsel told Law360 that he would characterize her cooperation as unprecedented. \u201cShe is looking forward to put all of this behind her and get back to her family,\u201d Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs said Thursday. Attorneys for the various assisted living facilities\u2019 defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday. Both cases were prosecuted by Hagerenesh K. Simmons of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Florida. Marrero is represented by Jacob M. Denaro and by Moises Thomas Grayson of Blaxberg Grayson Kukoff &amp; Twombly PA. Orozco is represented by Lawrence E. Besser of Samek &amp; Besser and Abe Koss. Casanova and Perez are represented by Roy Jeffrey Kahn. De Erbiti is represented by the Law Office of Michael Mirer PA. Vega is represented by Frank J Gaviria PA. Galvan is represented by Roger Cabrera PA. Vera is represented by Matthew Eric Ladd. Almeida is represented by Carlos Fernando Gonzalez of Rimon PC. Rodriguez is represented by Elio Vazquez. Serrano is represented by Adam Schwartz of Homer Bonner Jacobs. The cases are USA v. Marrero et al., case number 1:16-cr-20799, and USA v. Serrano, case number 1:16-cr-20786, both in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. \u2013Editing by Alanna Weissman. law360.com Latest Posts School fight caught on cameraAugust 18, 2023 Cops took $22 million cash stuffed in buckets from his home. But he won\u2019t lose it all.February 7, 2018 10th Sentence Handed Down In Fla. 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