Tampa woman convicted in $2.5M health care scam

A federal jury convicted home health agency owner Pilar Garcia Lorenzo, 38, of Tampa, for her role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money-laundering scheme.

Garcia Lorenzo, owner Gold Care Home Health Services Inc., was convicted of one count each of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and money laundering, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorneys office. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2017.

According to evidence presented at trial, in late summer 2014 Gold Care submitted millions of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.