The owners of Hertel & Brown Physical & Aquatic Therapy aimed to be models for patient care in Erie.
They are ending their careers as the leaders of a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme — roles that made them the top defendants in the largest-ever case of white-collar crime in Erie.
The contrasting descriptions have emerged in full as Hertel & Brown’s owners, Aaron W. Hertel and Michael R. Brown, prepare for sentencing in federal court in Erie on Feb. 27…