Owner of center where Troy boy died in hyperbaric chamber explosion facing health care fraud charges

(WXYZ) — The owner of a Troy facility who is charged in connection with a 5-year-old boy who died in a hyperbaric chamber explosion is now facing health care fraud charges.

Tamela Peterson, 59, of Brighton, was charged with nine counts of Health Care Fraud – False Claim, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Peterson is already facing second-degree murder charges after the death of 5-year-old Thomas Cooper at The Oxford Center in Troy last January. Cooper was inside a hyperbaric chamber in the facility when it exploded…

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