A San Diego couple has been charged with defrauding $1.34 million from Medicare by stealing the identities of seniors and submitting fraudulent claims for treatment at their physical therapy center.
Authorities claim that Sanjay Patel and his wife Leena paid unsuspecting seniors $100 to obtain their health insurance information and signatures on blank medical forms. They allegedly used the forms to submit false Medicare claims in 2005 and 2006 for treatment at the Balboa Therapy Center in Hillcrest, between July 2005 and June 2006.
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J Smithe
Thu Jun 25, 2009 Medicare fraud
Truth has prevailed at last. The couple were falsely charged and all charges have been dropped as of June 2009. They are completely innocent and yet had to endure public humiliation, and almost lost their livelihood. Is this justice?
