In a two-week nationwide law enforcement action, 193 individuals, including ten from Florida, have been charged with criminal offenses for their alleged involvement in healthcare fraud and opioid abuse schemes. The charges were filed in the Middle District of Florida as part of a wider effort to combat these criminal activities.
The suspects are accused of defrauding programs designed to care for the elderly and disabled by profiting from various healthcare schemes. As a result, law enforcement officials seized over $231 million in cash, luxury vehicles, gold, and other assets. Among those arrested and charged in Florida are Ma Gracia Cadet, Eva LeBeau, Lori Lebrecht, Robert Desselle, Marques Elijah Green, Lisa Williams, Lawrence Waldman, Erin Kim, Eric Brewer, and Waymon Wallace.
Eric Brewer is accused of stealing fentanyl meant for patients in Tampa hospitals and injecting himself with the illegal substance in hospital bathrooms. He was caught when his colleagues noticed his impaired behavior during a shift and found his used bloody paper towel and needle in a bathroom. Lisa Williams is also accused of tampering with fentanyl infusion bags in a hospital setting. Cadet, LeBeau, Desselle
