The Buffalo News reports....
Royalton woman pleads guilty in fraud case
A Royalton woman who operated a service to victims of traumatic brain injuries pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to fraudulently billing the state $323,000 for Medicaid reimbursements for services that were never provided.
Diane Fernandez, 53, of Chestnut Ridge Road, was president of TBI Services, which provided home hygiene services, shopping and other assistance to brain-injury patients. A joint investigation by the state attorney general’s office and the office of the Medicaid Inspector general found that company employees were directed to create records reflecting fictitious service calls.
Fernandez pleaded guilty to second- degree offering a false instrument for filing, and her company entered a formal plea to fourth-degree grand larceny. State officials said full restitution will be part of the sentence that will be imposed by Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza on Aug. 28. The thefts occurred in 2005 and 2006.
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/369107.html
Royalton woman pleads guilty in fraud case
A Royalton woman who operated a service to victims of traumatic brain injuries pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to fraudulently billing the state $323,000 for Medicaid reimbursements for services that were never provided.
Diane Fernandez, 53, of Chestnut Ridge Road, was president of TBI Services, which provided home hygiene services, shopping and other assistance to brain-injury patients. A joint investigation by the state attorney general’s office and the office of the Medicaid Inspector general found that company employees were directed to create records reflecting fictitious service calls.
Fernandez pleaded guilty to second- degree offering a false instrument for filing, and her company entered a formal plea to fourth-degree grand larceny. State officials said full restitution will be part of the sentence that will be imposed by Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza on Aug. 28. The thefts occurred in 2005 and 2006.
Source: http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/niagaracounty/story/369107.html
