Edinburg pharmacist, business owner charged in $2M Medicaid fraud scheme

Edinburg pharmacist, business owner charged in $2M Medicaid fraud scheme

She allegedly stole the identity of two doctors and used them to submit fake bills to the federal government.

Edinburg pharmacist facing judge in $2 million Medicaid fraud scheme

An Edinburg pharmacist was indicted Tuesday on six counts of healthcare fraud that amounted to $2 million and six counts of aggravated identity theft, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release. She was set to make her initial appearance Thursday morning before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Juan Alaniz. Cynthia Ann Herrera’s indictment was unsealed Tuesday after she was arrested, during which she told authorities she had submitted fraudulent…

McALLEN, Texas – Cynthia Ann Herrera, 48 years old and Edinburg, was charged with health care fraud and aggravated identity theft related to a plan to defraud the Texas Medicaid Program, announced on Thursday federal prosecutor Nicholas J. Ganjei. Herrera, who is a pharmaceutical company, was scheduled to appear before Judge Juan Alanis for the first time at 9:00 a.m. The indictment, filed on April 15 and revealed after his arrest, claims that h…