Former WellCare execs face prison


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  • | 4:31 p.m. June 11, 2013
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TAMPA — Four former executives of WellCare Health Plans were convicted Monday of charges related to Medicaid fraud.

In a highly watched federal trial in Tampa, a jury convicted Todd S. Farha, 45, of two counts of health care fraud, a charge that calls for a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Farha's CFO, Paul L. Behrens, 51, was also convicted of two counts of health care fraud, plus two counts of making false statements.

 

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