SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced Maki Martinez-Gruninger pled guilty to a felony charge of defrauding the Medi-Cal program and will serve two years in state prison for stealing more than $400,000 from the State of California through a scheme that exploited a disabled family member. The California Department of Justice (DOJ) received a complaint alleging that Martinez-Gruninger fraudulently claimed to be the In-Home Support Services (IHSS) provider for a disabled family member. According to the complainant - who was the individual's sole caregiver - they discovered in December 2019 that Martinez-Gruninger secretl...