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Miami Herald - October 8, 2008
Jay Weaver, jweaver@MiamiHerald.com
An eighth defendant was already in custody on a previous Medicare fraud conviction in 2007.
They were charged with submitting $5.3 million in false Medicare claims for HIV therapy at two local clinics for services that were not provided or medically necessary, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
They also are accused of laundering some of the proceeds to pay kickbacks to patients in exchange for using their Medicare card numbers to bill the federal health insurance program.
Those charged are: Juan A. Marrero, Orlando Pascual Jr., Belkis Marrero, Dr. David Rothman, Luz Borrego, Dr. Keith Russell, Eda Milanes and Jorge L. Pacheco.
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