FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — A U.S. Attorney announced that two men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
According to court documents, 51-year-old Felipe Ruiz, a podiatrist at West Coast Podiatry Inc. (WCP), and 52-year-old Jose Gabriel Aguirre, a sales representative, engaged in fraudulent activities involving skin grafts.
Between June 2021 and January 2024, Ruiz purchased skin grafts from Aguirre and allowed him, despite not being a licensed health care provider, to apply them to Medicare and Medi-Cal beneficiaries…