LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man is expected to plead guilty Wednesday for his alleged role in a health-care fraud scheme in which nearly $270 million in bogus claims were submitted to Medi-Cal for expensive prescription drugs that were not medically necessary and, in many instances, not provided.
Paul Randall, 66, of Orange, has agreed to enter a plea in downtown Los Angeles to a single count of health care fraud, a felony carrying a possible penalty of up to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Randall was originally set to plead guilty Monday, but that hearing was postponed due to the “unavailability” of the defendant, court records show…