Operator of medical equipment company sentenced on fraud charges
McALLEN — The operator of a local durable medical equipment company was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday, court documents show.
George Louis Moreno, operator of Mars DME Inc., stood before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez Wednesday morning during a scheduled sentencing hearing related to federal healthcare fraud allegations.
Moreno, who pleaded guilty in January to one count of healthcare fraud, will serve a three-year sentence in connection with a federal investigation that revealed he defrauded the Texas Medical Assistance Program, also known as the Texas Medicaid program, of more than $1.5 million.
According to a four-page federal criminal complaint filed against him last December, Moreno was accused of submitting claims for incontinence supplies that either were not delivered, or delivered for a higher value.
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