November 19, 2014

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that eight residents of Miami-Dade County and three residents of Nicaragua have been charged for their alleged participation in a $25M Medicare, Medicaid, and wire fraud scheme. As alleged in the indictment, the defendants recruited individuals who resided in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans and Florida Medicaid by falsely representing in enrollment applications that they resided in Florida. Additionally, the defendants caused physicians associated with Pharmovisa Inc., Axis Le Professional Medical Group, Inc. and Rodney Montoya Corp. to be designated as the primary care physicians for the beneficiaries residing in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. FL