Madelaine Schotoborgh-Nunez

On May 6, 2013, Madelaine Schotborgh Nunez was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months of incarceration and ordered to pay $346,155 in restitution, joint and several, after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

On November 28, 2012, Madelaine Schotoborgh-Nunez was arrested in Miami, Florida. Agents discovered through a records check that she recently obtained a new drivers license with a new address in Miami, Florida. After verifying that she was living at the new address, agents arrested Nunez at her home.

In September 2012, Nunez and her co-conspirators were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and health care fraud.

Nunez was the president, director, and registered agent for Aurora health care Inc. and Best Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Both companies are based in Miami, Florida.

Nunez and her co-conspirators submitted approximately $42 million in fraudulent physical therapy and occupational therapy items and services to Medicare. They were paid approximately $18 million by Medicare for services that were never prescribed by a doctor or provided to Medicare patients.