A mother, father and son were sentenced in federal court Wednesday for their respective roles in a conspiracy to use fake identification to get prescription painkillers from pharmacies.
Mary Helen Davila, her husband, George Davila, and their son, George Reynaldo Davila Jr., were all sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell.
The three were originally part of a five-person organization that, according to prosecutors, used the names and Drug Enforcement Administration numbers of local doctors to call in phony prescriptions, then pick them up using false identification. These crimes caused false claims to be filed with private and government insurance programs, according to prosecutors.
The five were trying to get the painkillers Hydrocodone and Tramadol, prosecutors said.
The group was originally named in a 37-count indictment unsealed in February. Two others, Fermin Ramirez Curiel, 42, and Ruben Laborin Curiel, 41, already have been sentenced.
Mary Davila, 39, was sentenced Wednesday to 42 months in prison, with the judge ordering the federal sentence to run concurrently with a state sentence that will end Jan. 26. Davila also was ordered to be on 36 months of supervised release.
George Davila Jr., 20, was sentenced to 12 months and one day behind bars with credit for time served. He, too, was ordered to be on 36 months of supervised release.
He had pleaded guilty to conspiracy, two counts of health-care fraud and identity theft.
George Davila, 41, was sentenced to two to eight months with credit for time served and the 36 months supervised release. This sentence will run consecutively with another sentence in state district court. He pleaded to conspiracy, two counts of health-care fraud and making false claims to the U.S.
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