SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thirteen people including three doctors have been indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a statement Thursday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The first indictment accuses Jose Lopez Diaz of charging Medicare more than half a million dollars for services never rendered at a medical center where he never worked.
Also charged is Lopez’s brother, Carlos Lopez Diaz, a dentist.
 
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