On Wednesday, Dr. Victor Contreras, a Santa Paula physician, pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare for more than $3 million by billing the federal program for medically unnecessary hospice care.

Dr. Victor Contreras, 69, of Santa Paula was charged with falsifying medical claims for hospice care between July 2016 and February 2019 — billing the federal insurance program nearly $4 million ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Dr. Victor Contreras of Santa Paula was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare for more than $3 million in claims for medically unnecessary ...

Dr. Victor Contreras, 69, of Santa Paula, Calif., was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to submitting nearly $4 million in fraudulent claims for hospice services from July 2016 to ...

Authorities say 69-year-old Dr. Victor Contreras of Santa Paula defrauded Medicare out of more than $3.2 million by submitting false and fraudulent claims for hospice care, stating that patients ...

Dr. Victor Contreras, 68, of Santa Paula, entered his plea on July 24 to one count of health care fraud, federal authorities said. He is due to be sentenced Oct. 25 when he faces up to 10 years in ...

Dr. Victor Contreras, 69, of Santa Paula, accused of falsifying millions of dollars of Medicare claims for hospice care, is sentenced to two years in federal prison.