Four former officials of a now-defunct southwest Virginia nursing home have been charged with defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by operating the facility without sufficient personnel and supplies.
Vendors and employees were defrauded, and residents of the Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation Center in Weber City lived in unsanitary conditions, a 71-count indictment said.
Three of the defendants pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Abingdon. They are Avi Klein, 45, of Miami Beach, Florida; Alicia Dietrich, 52, of Lancaster, Ohio; and Charles R. Menten, 62, of Wilton Manors, Florida. Klein owned and operated the center before closing it in 2012, according to the indictment. Dietrich was a vice president, and Menten was the facility's chief accountant.
The fourth defendant, Vickie Cox of Kingsport, Tennessee, was the facility's administrator for a little more than two years.
A jury trial has been scheduled for Jan. 5.
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4 Charged in Virginia Nursing Home Fraud Case
2 comments:
It takes too long for government to do its job.
SOOOOoooo, Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. Attorney's Office, Commonwealth's Attorneys, Attorney General Mark Herring ....
why is Scott Schuett still walking around a free man?
He did all this and much, much more.
Google Scott Schuett for the appalling details.
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