Dockworkers in Los Angeles claimed more than $2.1million in fraudulent health insurance payments that in fact went to strippers to perform sex acts on them, the Fed allege.
Ten people, including eight workers at the Port of Long Beach plus 'conspiracy ringleader' Sara Victoria and another woman, have been hit with federal charges over the scam.
Victoria, 46, of San Pedro, was charged Wednesday with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
According to a plea agreement signed by Victoria, between January 2017 and August 2021, she owned and operated three healthcare businesses that offered patients chiropractic services, acupuncture treatments, and also sexual services.
The California Attorney's Office allege that Victoria concocted the scheme with the dockworkers as she knew that their health insurance plan covered all chiropractic services with no deductible or out-of-pocket expenses.
Victoria scoured the Long Beach strip clubs for women to recruit to provide sex acts for the dockworkers, who were then reimbursed through the fraudulent invoices that she would file for chiropractic services and physical therapy.
She would also file claims under the names of family members including spouses and children of the dockworkers, none of whom received the services specified.
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