al other individuals were indicted for conspiracy to exceed authorized access of a protected computer and substantive counts of exceeding authorized access of a protected computer.
These charges stemmed from a fraud scheme carried out by Camacho beginning in mid January 2003 until February 2004. According to documents filed with the court, Camacho, employed with Americo Life Insurance Co.’s Dallas branch at the time, recruited eight individuals to serve as recipients of deposits that Camacho unlawfully transferred from insurance agents’ commission accounts within Americo’s system.
Six defendants in this case have previously pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge and have been sentenced, including: Jerry R. Castillo, 37, of
prison, five months home confinement, and $149,541 in restitution; Anthony Mendez, 34, of McKinney, sentenced to four months in prison, four months home confinement, and $144,586 in restitution; Philip Hughes, 34, of Wylie, sentenced to four months in prison, four months home confinement and $30,572 in restitution; and John P. Mendez, 29, of Irving, sentenced to four months in prison, 90 days home confinement, and $22,244 in restitution.
U.S. Attorney Jacks praised the excellent investigative work of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Miller prosecuted the case.
After causing each of the deposits to be made into his co-conspirators’ bank accounts, Camacho split the funds with his co-conspirators. Camacho’s access to the agents’ commission accounts was not authorized by Americo. Camacho generated more than 200 electronic fund transfers in varying amounts, totaling approximately $932,197.
Mansfield, Texas, sentenced by Judge Fitzwater to two years and $148,353.18 in restitution.
The five others include Brian Harris, 32, of Lancaster, sentenced to 18 months in prison and $344,405 in restitution; Carlos A. Rangel, Jr., 35, of Dallas, sentenced to six months in
ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) will convene the leaders of the nation’s healthcare provider organizations at its 2010 annual conference, March 17-20, 2010, at the New Orleans Marriott in downtown New Orleans. Early bird registration deadline is Feb. 12.
The conference has been designed to prepare organizations to meet the challenges of the new age of healthcare reform and the role they will play in leading the transformation of care delivery in this country.
Keynote speakers The lineup of keynote speakers includes surgeon and thought leader Dr. Atul Gawande, who will discuss how real reform can occur in the near future; and authors Bill George and Dan Heath who will provide direction on how to harness one’s leadership abilities to creatively embrace change.
Also, Kenneth Novack, retired vice chairman of Time Warner, who previously served as the vice chairman of America Online, will share his passion for applying advances in information technology to health care, and explain how the intersection of the two fields
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