MIAMI -- Ten people from Broward and Palm Beach counties used three call centers and three laboratories to fool doctors and rip off $53 million from Medicare. And, now, all 10 reside in the federal prison system.
West Palm Beach's Jose Goyos became the last of the economic gang to be sentenced to prison in December, getting 15 years on attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. Goyos will serve those sentences, the group's second longest, concurrently.
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