FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Fresno County doctor and sales representative pleaded guilty Monday for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

According to court documents, 51-year-old Felipe Ruiz of Fresno was a podiatrist at West Coast Podiatry Inc. (WCP), a podiatric medical practice with locations in Fresno, Madera and Stanislaus Counties. The other man involved, the DOJ said, 52-year-old Jose Gabriel Aguirre of Clovis, was a sales representative who sold skin grafts to Ruiz and WCP.

Between June 2021 and January 2024, Ruiz purchased skin grafts from Aguirre, who the DOJ said was not a licensed healthcare provider, to apply the skin grafts to Medicare and Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

The DOJ said that Ruiz and Aguirre submitted claims to M

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