A federal jury in Miami has convicted a Cuban national for fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship after she hid her involvement in a multi-million-dollar healthcare fraud scheme on her naturalization paperwork, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Tania Rosa Rodriguez, 57, applied for citizenship in 2017 and was naturalized in 2018. On her application, Rodriguez stated under penalty of perjury that she had never committed a crime.
Court records show that at the time, Rodriguez was actively participating in a seven-year healthcare fraud conspiracy that resulted in about $4.6 million in fraudulent claims. The illicit scheme began before her citizenship application was submitted and continued after her naturalization was granted…