In Southern California, a Los Angeles woman and a San Fernando Valley man were arrested on Oct. 9 for allegedly defrauding Medicare more than $54 million through hospice, diagnostic testing services that were never provided, and laundered using gold bars and coins.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 36-year-old Sophia Shaklian, of the Larchmont area of Los Angeles, and 47-year-old Alex Alexsanian, of Burbank, were charged on a 24-count federal grand jury indictment.
“Shaklian is charged with 16 counts of health care fraud and four counts of transactional money laundering,” the office said. “Alexsanian is charged with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and three counts of concealment money laundering.”…