FBI agents arrested nine Broward and Miami-Dade County residents this week on charges involving a years-long health care fraud scheme to submit $37 million worth of fraudulent claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield, federal prosecutors said.

Those who were indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami are:

• Arisleidys Fernandez Delmas, 32; her mother, Leidys Delmas Garcia, 51; her husband Pedro Hugo Prieto Garcia, 32;
• Daimara Borroto Garcia, 32;
• Elias Caises Maurino, 52;
• Yohana Iriza, also known as Yohana Lozada, 51; her ex-husband Gabriel Lozada, 50; their son Anthony Lozada, 23; and
• Julio Acosta Perez, 40.

Each is charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and health care fraud, and if convicted, faces up to 10 years for each count, according to federal prosecutors.

The scheme, beginning in 2018, involved submitting fraudulent insurance claims through numerous physical therapy clinics that the defendants owned in Miami, Doral, Hialeah, Homestead, Davie and Tampa, according to indictments.

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