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Attorney General Ashley Moody today announced the arrests of 20 defendants in a fraudulent transportation scheme that caused more than $5 million in losses to the Florida Medicaid program. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit uncovered that the defendants, led by Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez, operated a nonemergency medical transportation service that billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Columbus Police Department of Columbus, Georgia arrested the defendants.
Attorney
General Ashley Moody said, “These fraudsters operated a non-emergency medical
transportation service that was supposed to help patients receive care.
Instead, they billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and
inflated the mileage for the trips actually completed—in all, causing a loss to
this taxpayer-funded program of more than $5 million. Thanks to my team of
investigators and our law enforcement partners, this fraudulent transportation
service did get somewhere—they each earned a free trip straight to jail.”
The MFCU
investigation revealed that Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez owned Sweet
Transportation, LLC, which contracted to provide non-emergency medical
transportation services to Medicaid recipients. Over the course of at least two
years, Hernandez Fernandez and Sweet Transportation, LLC employees billed
Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and inflated mileage on trips
that were completed. GPS data uncovered in the investigation revealed that
drivers frequently submitted claims for trips while staying at home, going on
vacation, or traveling out of state.
Defendants include: Hernandez Fernandez, Carolos Omar Tellez Janez, Timothy Lambert, Luis Alberto Sierra Bernal, Luz Angela Daza Estupian, Marcia Vargas, Omar Andres Sanchez Buitrago, Yilber Ricardo Martinez Quinteo, Aldo Nordelo Janez, Ana Isabel Maur, Dairon Domingues Santana, Fabio Francisco Castaneda Amaya, Iliana Garcia Avila, Astrid Viviana Lineros Orjulea, Joseph Chacon, Juan Carlos Dulzaides Ortega, Juan Gabriel Perez Castro Gutierrez, Martha G. Guevara Paz, Renier Arcencibia Perera, Yoahna Betancourt Fernandez and Yunier Felix Hernadez Lopez. Chacon and Gutierrez remain at large.
All of the
defendants arrested are individually accused of organized schemes to defraud
over $50,000. Nine defendants are additionally charged with racketeering,
another first-degree felony.
Hernandez
Fernandez and Tellez Janez are each charged with conspiracy to commit
racketeering; racketeering; organized scheme to defraud over $50,000; Medicaid
provider fraud over $50,000; and money laundering.
The case will
be prosecuted by Attorney General Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit through
an agreement with Melissa Nelson, State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial
Circuit.
Attorney General Ashley Moody today announced the arrests of 20 defendants in a fraudulent transportation scheme that caused more than $5 million in losses to the Florida Medicaid program. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit uncovered that the defendants, led by Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez, operated a nonemergency medical transportation service that billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Columbus Police Department of Columbus, Georgia arrested the defendants.
Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “These fraudsters operated a non-emergency medical transportation service that was supposed to help patients receive care. Instead, they billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and inflated the mileage for the trips actually completed—in all, causing a loss to this taxpayer-funded program of more than $5 million. Thanks to my team of investigators and our law enforcement partners, this fraudulent transportation service did get somewhere—they each earned a free trip straight to jail.”
The MFCU investigation revealed that Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez owned Sweet Transportation, LLC, which contracted to provide non-emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid recipients. Over the course of at least two years, Hernandez Fernandez and Sweet Transportation, LLC employees billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and inflated mileage on trips that were completed. GPS data uncovered in the investigation revealed that drivers frequently submitted claims for trips while staying at home, going on vacation, or traveling out of state.
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- Location of This Business
- 2816 Annette Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32216-5204
- BBB File Opened:
- 10/12/2023
- Years in Business:
- 4
- Business Started:
- 10/22/2019
- Type of Entity:
- Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Business Management
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
- Contact Information
Principal
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
Customer Contact
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
- Additional Contact Information
Phone Numbers
- (786) 420-0024Other Phone
- (786) 420-0024
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