The Alaska Department of Law announced Monday that the owner of an Anchorage company, tied to more than two dozen criminal cases, was sentenced to a year in prison for fraudulently billing Medicaid.
Cecelia De Leon Sobier, 51, received the sentence and a decade of probation in the medical assistance fraud case. She is the owner of C Care Services LLC.
Prosecutors say she committed fraud in multiple ways, such as billing for patients who didn't need care and falsely filling out time sheets, which are used to determine payment.
Sobier was ordered to pay a $15,000 fine, about $18,000 restitution to a local bank and $73,500 to the state's Medicaid program, according to DOL.
Her sister, 62-year-old Leonida De Leon, was sentenced on Friday, receiving a year of suspended jail time and three years of probation. DeLeon pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of medical assistance fraud for billing for services provided to her parents when she was working at the office, prosecutors say.
"In total, the state has prosecuted 27 cases associated with C Care Services, LLC amounting to approximately $300,000.00 in fraudulent activity," according to DOL.
Correction: A previous version of the above article incorrectly identified Cecelia De Leon Sobier's sister. The co-defendant's name is Leonida De Leon, 62.