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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANTA ANA, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\"Mallet\"\"\"\"A patient intake coordinator for an addiction treatment facility in Orange County was arrested Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he conspired to pay $37,000 in illegal kickbacks to so-called \u201cbody brokers\u201d in exchange for finding him new patients, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luis Guerrero, 53, of Santa Ana, was arrested Thursday morning. <\/span><\/p>\n

Guerrero is charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of offering or paying illegal remunerations for referrals to the clinical treatment facility that employed him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"According to the indictment that a grand jury returned on May 22, Guerrero sought the services of two body brokers in referring patients to his employer\u2019s Orange County-based addiction treatment facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

The facility treated patient populations that received health care benefits through health insurers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guerrero allegedly then negotiated kickback payments to the body brokers on behalf of the facility and arranged for the body brokers to receive thousands of dollars per patient in illegal kickbacks. <\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that these kickbacks were intended to compensate the brokers for referring patients and induce them to continue referring patients so Guerrero could meet a monthly patient intake quota\u2014a condition of his employment with the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Guerrero also assisted the body brokers in paying thousands of dollars directly to the patients as a further kickback to compensate the patients for allowing the facility to bill their insurance providers for treatment, the indictment alleges. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, during a call with a body broker over an encrypted messaging service, Guerrero arranged for a patient to receive a $5,000 electronic payment and agreed to assure the patient that \u201cwe\u2019ll do something to put money in her hands before she leaves or before she arrives [home],\u201d according to the indictment.<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2020, Guerrero allegedly negotiated $37,000 in kickbacks for the body brokers in exchange for their referral of five patients over the previous two months, leading to a $30,000 partial payment to the body brokers later that month. <\/span><\/p>\n

Guerrero is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

If convicted of all charges, Guerrero faces up to 35 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI is investigating this matter.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorneys Benjamin R. Barron and Nandor Kiss of the Santa Ana Branch Office are prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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