Medical Transportation
Sweet Transportation LLCFind BBB Accredited Businesses in Medical Transportation.
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- Pending Government Action:Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct:Sweet Transportation Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Ashley Moody today announced the arrests of 20 defendants in a fraudulent transportation scheme that caused more than $5 million in losses to the Florida Medicaid program. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit uncovered that the defendants, led by Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez, operated a nonemergency medical transportation service that billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Columbus Police Department of Columbus, Georgia arrested the defendants.
Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “These fraudsters operated a non-emergency medical transportation service that was supposed to help patients receive care. Instead, they billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and inflated the mileage for the trips actually completed—in all, causing a loss to this taxpayer-funded program of more than $5 million. Thanks to my team of investigators and our law enforcement partners, this fraudulent transportation service did get somewhere—they each earned a free trip straight to jail.”
The MFCU investigation revealed that Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez owned Sweet Transportation, LLC, which contracted to provide non-emergency medical transportation services to Medicaid recipients. Over the course of at least two years, Hernandez Fernandez and Sweet Transportation, LLC employees billed Medicaid for thousands of trips never provided and inflated mileage on trips that were completed. GPS data uncovered in the investigation revealed that drivers frequently submitted claims for trips while staying at home, going on vacation, or traveling out of state.
Business Details
- BBB File Opened:
- 10/12/2023
- Business Started:
- 10/22/2019
- Type of Entity:
- Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Business Management:
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
- Customer Contacts
- Jose Enrique Hernandez Fernandez Sr., Owner
- Additional Phone Numbers
- Other Phone: (786) 420-0024
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- Medical Transportation
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