Woman Sentenced for Hospice Fraud

Sophia Shaklian was sentenced to almost three years in prison for defrauding Medicare out of more than $14 million by submitting fraudulent claims for hospice care and diagnostic testing services that were either unnecessary or not provided at all. She was also ordered to pay more than $14 million in restitution. She submitted claims to Medicare on behalf of beneficiaries who did not need the services, had never received the services, and were not familiar with the fraudulent hospice and diagnostic testing providers. Read a Department of Justice press release.

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