(Source: FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation) MCALLEN, TX-The owner of a now defunct McAllen-area durable medical equipment (DME) business has been ordered to prison for his role in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid through fraudulent billings, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today. The scheme involved approximately $11.1 million in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Former RGV DME Owner Marcello Herrera, 40, along with his wife Carla Cantu Herrera, 32, and their former employee Ramon De La Garza, 52, all of Mission, pleaded guilty on February 21, 2013, to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Texas Medicaid....
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