Two Glendale men have each been sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay $12.8 million in restitution for fraudulently using a pair of hospice companies to obtain Medicare payments and COVID-19 relief funds.
Akhsharumov pleaded guilty on March 13, 2023, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Sarkisyan pleaded guilty on April 3, 2023, to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Akhsharumov concealed ownership and control over the two companies from Medicare, paid cash kickbacks to patient recruiters, and profited from the scheme.
Prosecutors said Sarkisyan filed false and fraudulent Medicare enrollment forms for San Gabriel Hospice that netted $3.6 million.
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