Woman Pleads Guilty to Role in $54M Medicare Fraud

A Los Angeles woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of more than $54 million via hospice and diagnostic testing services that were never provided.

Sophia Shaklian, 38, of the Larchmont neighborhood, entered a plea to a single count of health care fraud, a felony carrying a possible maximum sentence of 10 years behind bars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Sentencing was scheduled for March 24…

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