Evidence presented at trial showed Gold Care submitted false claims to Medicare in 2014. The fraudulent claims were for home health services that had not been prescribed by a physician or were never provided.
Medicare reimbursed Gold Care approximately $2.5 million for the fraudulent claims. Most of the proceeds from the fraud scheme, about $2 million, were laundered through fictitious shell companies in Hialeah, Fla., according to the DOJ.
Ms. Lorenzo is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 5, 2017.
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