An Essex County man is facing health care and tax fraud charges after federal investigators said he took over his dead sister’s counseling practice and filed false Medicaid claims totaling more than $3.4 million.
Vincente Lopez, 63, of East Orange, was indicted for health-care claims fraud and theft by deception, both second-degree crimes.
He is also charged with Medicaid fraud and three counts of failure to pay taxes while filing a fraudulent return, both as third-degree crimes…