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Criminal

Aug. 12, 2011

Three Los Angeles residents convicted of health care fraud

Three Los Angeles residents were convicted of conspiracy and health care fraud charges late Tuesday .

By Mandy Jackson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Three Los Angeles residents were convicted of conspiracy and health care fraud charges late Tuesday at the end of a two-week trial in connection with a $14.2 million Medicare fraud scheme in which they billed the federal health care program for powered wheelchairs and orthotics that were medically unnecessary or were never delivered to patients. Pastors Christopher Iruke and Connie Ikpoh, his wife, and their employee Aura Marroqui...

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