Attorney General Bonta Announces Indictment of Southern California Healthcare Provider for Medi-Cal Fraud of Nearly $60 Million

LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the grand jury indictment of Southern California healthcare provider, Gerardo Santillan, along with seven other individuals, for defrauding the state Medi-Cal program of nearly $60 million through their operation of three home health agencies between 2016 and 2022.
Following grand jury proceedings, Gerardo Santillan, Ruth Elizabeth Eley, Marisol, Rodriguez, Christopher Gonzalez, Vivien Kono, Maria Consorcia Pagtakhan Lim, Vivian Bonotan Pagtakhan, and Vartan Akopyan, were indicted on 23 felony charges. The charges include conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, grand theft, Medi-Cal fraud, insurance fraud, and money laundering.

Read the entire press release.  California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, September 18, 2024