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    Texas Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Hospice Fraud Scheme

    Thousands of Texas patients with long-term diseases like Alzheimer's were falsely told they had just six months to live. Rodney Mesquias and others were convicted last year.
    by Laurel Wamsley Dec 17, 2020 2 minutes
    The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them hospice care.

    A Texas corporate executive has been sentenced by a federal jury to 20 years in prison for running a scheme in which people with long-term illnesses were falsely told they would die soon, and then enrolled them in hospice programs.

    In the scheme, thousands of patients with diseases like Alzheimer's and other types of Thursday.

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