Five People Indicted in Medicare Fraud
Five Southern California healthcare providers have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they billed Medicare more than $1.1 million for fraudulent exams.
The group was reimbursed for tests and exams that were either not performed by a physician or not performed at all, according to the indictment.
Two of those indicted have been arrested. Alexander Dzhuga, 27, of Encino and Vladimir Semenov, 47, of Sherman Oaks were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Wednesday.
Dzhuga and Semenov owned a diagnostic testing center with two others indicted in the case: Leonid Dzhuga, 27, and Natalia Stadnik 26, both of Reseda.
The group recruited Dr. Armond Tennyson Tollette II, 54, of Culver City to authorize tests for patients he had not examined, according to the indictment.
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