LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare out of more than $54 million via hospice and diagnostic testing services that were never provided.

Sophia Shaklian, 38, of the Larchmont neighborhood, entered a plea to a single count of health care fraud, a felony carrying a possible maximum sentence of 10 years behind bars, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Sentencing was scheduled for March 24.

Co-defendant Alex Alexsanian, 48, of Burbank, is currently facing trial in February.

Shaklian was charged last year in Los Angeles federal court with 16 counts of health care fraud and four counts of transactional money laundering. Alexsanian is charged with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and three counts of c

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