Health Care Fraud A-Z Pharmacy Valentina Milman (Restitution/Fines/Penalties/Settlements Paid: $1,694,000) Alexander Milman Action Date: December 7, 2006 Location: Seattle, WA On December 7, 2006, Valentina M. Milman pled guilty in federal court in Seattle, Washington, to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Conspiracy to Launder Money. Milman, and her husband Alexander D. Milman, owned A-Z Pharmacy with locations in Bellevue, Kent and Tacoma. The couple was indicted July 14, 2006. Alexander Milman is scheduled for trial on the charges on February 13, 2007. As part of its indictment, the government is seeking the forfeiture of three properties and more than $1.5 million related to the fraudulent billing of Medicaid. According to documents filed in the case, Valentina Milman assisted her husband in fraudulently billing the United States. Milman allegedly recruited Medicaid patients to use the Pharmacy by offering gift certificates for Pharmacy goods. Milman then created false records, including physician prescriptions and delivery receipts and then billed the government’s Medicaid program for drugs and medical supplies that were never delivered. Milman billed Medicaid for more than $1.3 million in incontinence supplies that were never delivered. Medicaid paid out more than $1.1 million on those claims. In addition, Milmanbilled Medicaid and received payment for more than $417,000 in prescription drugs that were never delivered to Medicaid patients. Valentina Milman assisted her husband when he used some of the fraudulently obtained money to make mortgage payments, for a down payment on a new home, and to buy expensive jewelry such as a Rolex watch. With her guilty plea Valentina M. Milman agreed to pay $1,694,000 in restitution.