Press Release
PHARMACY OWNER INDICTED, ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING MEDICAID
May 9, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U. S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta and Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the Indictment and arrest of a Miami pharmacy owner on federal charges of defrauding the Medicaid program. Defendant Marilyn Garcia Ferro, the owner and operator of Accu Care Services. Inc., was arrested today by agents from the Florida Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit based on a federal health care fraud Indictment.
The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by investigators with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, acting upon information received from Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration. Yesterday, a federal grand jury in Miami indicted her on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and five counts of health care fraud.
According to the Indictment, Garcia Ferro billed the Medicaid program for expensive HIV/AIDS medications and other medications that were not medically necessary. Garcia Ferro is alleged to have been involved in a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $400,000 over a five-year period.
If convicted, she faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of the Indictment.
Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the Florida Attorney General's Office. The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven LeClair.
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