Feds charge couple in fraud case

May 26, 2007|Staff report

Federal officials announced charges Friday against a Miami Lakes couple accused of submitting about $80 million in false Medicare claims for prosthetic limbs and other medical supplies that were never ordered by any doctor or delivered to any patient.

Mabel and Abner Diaz ran All-Med Billing Corp., a company that submitted Medicare claims on behalf of third parties. According to the 46-count indictment, the couple received about $56 million as a result of fraudulent billings between 1998 and 2004.

Mabel Diaz and an employee, Suleidy Cano, are accused of forging prescriptions for some of the medical equipment.

The government is seeking forfeiture of the couple's home, bank accounts and other property, including $32,292 and jewelry seized from their home in 2004.