A Long Beach dockworker was sentenced today to six months in prison, followed by six months in home confinement, for allowing phony claims to be submitted to his labor union’s health plan for the use of prostitutes under the guise of chiropractic services.
Cameron Rahm, 39, of Pico Rivera, was also sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $30,243, according to theU.S. Attorney’s Office.
Rahm pleaded guilty in January to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Rahm was among nine defendants—seven of them dockworkers at the Port of Long Beach—who were charged last year for allowing more than $2.1 million in fraudulent claims to be submitted to their union’s health insurance plan for sexual services or for physical therapy that never was provided.
Some of the false claims were filed using the names of dockworkers’ family members, including spouses and children.
The scheme’s ringleader, Sara Victoria, 46, of San Pedro, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft and was sentenced in May to 27 months behind bars. She was also ordered to pay $551,810 in restitution.
Victoria admitted to owning three businesses between 2017 and 2021 that provided sexual services as well as chiropractic and acupuncture treatments.
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