The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of FDLE, FBI, and HHS-OIG in coordination with the Medicare Fraud Strike Force for their work on this case. Sanchez admitted to providing approximately $10 million in cash to individuals who defrauded the Medicare program. According to court documents, Sanchez acted as a middleman between individuals engaging in health care fraud and Caribbean Transfers, a company that remitted money from the United States to Cuba. On August 30, 2012, Sanchez pled guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds of health care fraud. Sanchez also must perform 1,600 hours of community service during his first year after his term of imprisonment.
In partial satisfaction of that judgment, Sanchez will be forfeiting to the United States four properties worth about $635,000 and $63,196 in cash. District Judge Paul Huck entered a forfeiture order that consisted of a personal money judgment against Sanchez in the amount of $10,000,000. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), announced that Oscar Sanchez, 47, of Naples, was sentenced to 55 months’ imprisonment, 20 months’ home confinement, and three years of supervised release for his role in a money laundering conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h). Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office and Christopher B. Ferrer, United States Attorney of the Southern District of Florida Addy Villanueva, Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Michael B.
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