CWEB Crime Exclusive: Texas Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in $118 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme intentionally misdiagnosed patients

Texas Doctor Gets 10 Years in Prison for Diagnosing Healthy People with Chronic Conditions

A Texas rheumatologist was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a cruel health care fraud scheme that involved diagnosing hundreds of healthy people with chronic diseases that required expensive and dangerous treatments. Jorge Zamora-Quezada M.D. of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, several counts of healthcare fraud, and conspiracy to obstruct justice and received a sentence of 10 years behind bars and three years of …

CWEB Crime Exclusive: Texas Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in $118 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme intentionally misdiagnosed patients

CWEB News reports on the sentencing of a Texas physician involved in one of the nation’s largest healthcare fraud cases. Dr. Jorge Zamora-Quezada, a 68-year-old rheumatologist from Mission, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for orchestrating a sophisticated healthcare fraud scheme that defrauded federal […]