San Jose anti-fraud expert, a former NVIDIA manager, charged with fraud

An anti-fraud expert who worked as a senior manager of privacy and guard at Santa Clara computer chip titan NVIDIA has been charged with felony fraud the Santa Clara County District Attorney s office reported Friday Faranak Firozan of San Jose is alleged to have submitted more than fraudulent healthcare proposes totaling more than to NVIDIA s strength plan Firozan regularly spoke as an expert on fraud prevention the DA s office mentioned in a news release Multiple of the insists Firozan allegedly submitted to the NVIDIA vitality plan administered by Cigna between late and early were entirely made up the DA s office claimed It s crucial for everyone especially those who are experts in fraud prevention to uphold the same standards they promote District Attorney Jeff Rosen revealed Firozan could not right now be reached for comment It was unclear Friday whether she had a lawyer representing her in the incident NVIDIA did not this instant respond to questions about Firozan and it was not clear whether she was still with the company California s insurance department last August received from Cigna a suspected fraudulent claim by Firozan the DA s office disclosed She had been flagged earlier by Cigna in October after she submitted a large amount of reimbursement maintains in one month the DA s office stated Related Articles Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes seeks to cut more than two years off sentence arguing she has helped fellow prisoners and herself Michael Avenatti re-sentenced to slightly shorter stint in federal prison Caltrain contractor sentenced to days in jail for building secret apartments in train stations Leaders of San Francisco-based orgasmic meditation women s wellness company convicted in forced labor trial How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid A joint examination between the DA s office and the insurance department allegedly detected that Firozan had altered bills by changing dates and often fabricated entire documents Medical care providers substantiated to investigators that the wellbeing care services listed in her insists were either not performed at all or were duplicated states the DA s office commented California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara noted that insurance fraud drives up costs for consumers When someone entrusted with preventing fraud is accused of committing it that betrayal must be met with accountability Lara mentioned in the news release If convicted Firozan could face years in prison plus restitution of allegedly ill-gotten gains