Dead sister’s company turned into $3.4M Medicaid fraud machine, officials say Rick Rickman Published: September 23, 2025 Vicente Lopez has been indicted on healthcare claims fraud and theft charges, authorities say (Your Life Change via Facebook/Canva)

🔴 New Jersey man charged with $3.4M Medicaid fraud scheme

🔴 Prosecutors say he filed over 34,000 bogus claims

🔴 Vicente Lopez also owes nearly $100,000 in taxes to New Jersey, officials say

EAST ORANGE — A North Jersey man is accused of taking control of his dead sister's company and using it to ransack the Medicaid program , according to authorities.

Vicente Lopez, 63, was indicted by a New Jersey grand jury on nine offenses earlier this month.

He is charged with second-degree healthcare claims fraud, second-degree theft

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