1289万美元 Medicaid 款被指挪走：Phoenix 儿童医院成受害者，56岁男子被诉两项重罪
位于亚利桑那州马里科帕县的 Phoenix 市，亚利桑那州总检察长办公室披露，一起针对 Phoenix 儿童医院（Phoenix Children's Hospital）的 Medicaid 款挪用案已在马里科帕县高等法院立案。56岁的 Juan Carlos da Cunha Tcachman 被控欺诈计划与盗窃两项二级重罪，截至10月20日尚未被捕。
诉状称，2026年7月，州 Medicaid 项目 AHCCCS 收到一份伪造的富国银行传真信函，谎称 Phoenix 儿童医院自7月1日起更换了收款账户；一名工作人员与自称“Michelle”的人通话后，批准了电子转账信息变更。随后三笔各约429万美元的款项被转入该账户，总计12,891,725.10美元，其中部分已被追回。
调查人员称，账户的开户人与签字人正是 Tcachman，他使用一本哥伦比亚特区护照开户，8月至9月有多笔大额取款记录。诉状还记载，10月3日一次卧底接触中，Tcachman 确认了自己的身份，并称账户活动均由其本人处理。州总检察长办公室表示案件与调查仍在进行，不便进一步评论；相关指控尚未经法庭证实。（GSM 据亚利桑那州总检察长办公室及法庭诉状，经 The Phoenix Focal 报道）
Man Charged Over $12.89 Million in Medicaid Payments Allegedly Diverted From Phoenix Children's Hospital
State prosecutors in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, have filed a complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court alleging that $12.89 million in Medicaid payments meant for Phoenix Children's Hospital was diverted to a bank account controlled by Juan Carlos da Cunha Tcachman, 56, who faces two Class 2 felony charges, fraudulent schemes and artifices and theft. He had not been arrested as of October 20, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
The complaint says the alleged scheme began in July 2026, when AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid program, received a faxed letter purporting to be from Wells Fargo claiming the hospital had changed its bank account effective July 1. After a staff member spoke by phone with someone identified as “Michelle,” AHCCCS approved a change to the electronic transfer information, and three payments of about $4.29 million each, totaling $12,891,725.10, were sent to the account. Some of the money has been recovered.
Investigators say Tcachman was the account's holder and signer, opened it using a District of Columbia passport, and made multiple large withdrawals in August and September. The Attorney General's Office said the case and investigation are ongoing and it could not comment further. The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court. (GSM, via the Arizona Attorney General's Office and court complaint, reported by The Phoenix Focal)
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