A Lancaster woman is expected to be sentenced Wednesday for her role in carrying out a hospice fraud scheme that netted more than $3.2 million from Medicare.

Callie Jean Black, 66, was convicted in March at the conclusion of a four-day bench trial in Los Angeles federal court of four counts of soliciting and receiving remunerations for patient referrals, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Victor Contreras, 69, a former physician who worked for two Pasadena hospices, pleaded guilty last year to one count of health care fraud and was sentenced in December 2024 to two years behind bars and ordered to pay $3.28 million in restitution.

The lead defendant in the case, former Pasadena resident Juanita Antenor, 63, remains at large and is believed to be in the Philippines, prosecutors sai

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