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Kickbacks Lead To Jail Time for California HH And Hospice Owner

Published on Fri Jul 29, 2022

First defendant sentenced in $2 million fraud case. Commit the crime, do the time — 18 months, specifically, for the owner of three home health and hospice agencies in the Sacramento area. Liana Karapetyan and her husband Akop Atoyan, owners of ANG Health Care Inc., Excel Home Healthcare Inc., and Excel Hospice Inc., paid and directed others to pay kickbacks [...]
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