Valley men face federal fraud, identity theft charges
McALLEN — Two Valley men face 18 federal fraud charges each in connection with a scheme the two allegedly ran nearly two years ago.
Omar Solis Sanchez, 35, of Mission, and Ivar Cantu Maldonado, 46, of Palmview, stood in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter E. Ormsby on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings respectively to hear the 18 charges alleged against them in an indictment unsealed July 5, according to court records.
Both men face nine counts of healthcare fraud and nine counts of fraud with identification documents in connection with an alleged Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in nearly $850,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims submitted during a seven-month period in 2015.
Solis, who worked as a lab technician at the Arrango Family Clinic in Mission, and Cantu, an account representative for Quality Toxicology LLC., a toxicology testing company based in San Antonio, allegedly fraudulently submitted doctors’ registration forms and unapproved toxicology screens to Quality Toxicology, forged patients’ signatures, misappropriated patients’ personal information, and in one instance Solis threatened a fellow Arrango clinic employee who learned of the scheme, the indictment states.
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