Owner of Miami Home Health Company Sentenced to 106 Months in Prison in $30 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
The owner and operator of a Miami home
health care agency was sentenced today to 106 months in prison for his
participation in a $30 million Medicare fraud scheme.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell
of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A.
Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge
George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and Special Agent in
Charge Derrick Jackson of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services-Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Miami Regional Office
made the announcement.
Ramon Regueira, 66, of Miami, pleaded guilty
to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud on Nov. 13, 2014.
In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Cecilia M.
Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida ordered Regueira to pay
$21,000,000 in restitution, both jointly and severally with his
co-conspirator.
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