The defendants posted advertisements on Facebook for their purported private insurance company called Seguros Americanos Embarazo - or American Pregnancy Insurance - and claimed policies purchased through their company would allow women to legally give birth in the United States, prosecutors said. Olmos received a higher sentence due to what prosecutors described in court documents as a “thinly veiled threat” to a woman who confronted him and an attempt to deter her from reporting what she knew to authorities.Īs part of their sentence, Alvarez and Olmos agreed to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution to both the state of California and the individual victims. On Tuesday, Alvarez received a 33-month term, while Olmos received 40 months. Melissa Alvarez Torres, 33, and Jose Luis Olmos Hernandez, 36, pleaded guilty earlier this year to selling bogus insurance to pregnant women living in Mexico. Photo by Chris StoneĪ Chula Vista couple who took part in a scheme that defrauded pregnant women and bilked the state’s Medi-Cal program out of more than $1 million were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison terms. Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego.
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