A California woman and her five co-conspirators have been charged with defrauding the California Department of Public Health for a scheme that diverted CDPH funds for their private use. The woman was a former manager at CDPH and she billed the agency for “consulting work” that included purchasing a large number of gift cards supposedly as patient incentives, but which she herself used. She and the other fraudsters also billed the state for HIV prevention services that were never provided. Together, the group scammed CDPH out of $2 million; the woman is liable for $750,000 and faces 20 years in prison if charged. (https://fox40.com/news/local-news/former-manager-with-cdph-office-of-aids-charged-in-connection-with-fraud-scheme/)
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