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07/30/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/31/2024 07:40

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure 60-Month Prison Sentence And Nearly $5 Million In Restitution For Health Care Fraudster

Attorney General Ken Paxton's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure 60-Month Prison Sentence And Nearly $5 Million In Restitution For Health Care Fraudster

An investigation by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Medicaid Fraud Control has secured a 60-month federal prison sentence for Rene Fernandez Gaviola, a Houston dentist at the center of a $6.9 million fraud scheme. Gaviola will also serve three years of supervised release and has been ordered to pay $4,908,957 in restitution to Medicaid in addition to a personal money judgment of $2,996,092.

Read more on www.texasattorneygeneral.gov

Action Details

  • Date:July 30, 2024
  • Agency:State of Texas
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies

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