U.S DoJ announces guilty plea of a California man for orchestrating a $16M Medicare hospice fraud and ML scheme, using fake companies and stolen identities to bill for unnecessary services

Between 2019 and 2023, Esparza and co-conspirators used false documents and foreign nationals’ identities to open accounts and launder over $4.6 million in illicit proceeds, including $90,000 to buy a car. Several co-defendants have also pleaded guilty, receiving prison terms of up to 12 years and possible deportation….