LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Forty-two people were indicted in Los Angeles in what prosecutors said was a ring that defrauded Medi-Cal out of nearly $4.6 million by using unlicensed nurses to provide care to disabled patients.
The indictment unsealed Thursday accuses 42 people of conspiring to bill the state agency for in-home licensed nursing services.
The U.S. attorney's office said the owner of a Santa Fe Springs-based company, Priscilla Villabroza, has already pleaded guilty to five counts involving health care fraud.
Twenty people were arrested. The others were not considered flight risks.
Charges in the indictment include conspiracy to commit health care fraud, fraud, and aiding-and-abetting.
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