Three Miami brothers accused of financing 11 corrupt HIV infusion clinics and a physician assistant who worked at those clinics have been charged in a $110 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

The indictment alleges that, between January 2001 and November 2004, Carlos and Luis Benitez conspired to submit about $110 million in false claims to the Medicare program for HIV infusion services at 11 corrupt HIV infusion clinics that they owned and controlled. As part of the scheme, the brothers referred Medicare beneficiaries to the clinics and directed the beneficiaries be paid kickbacks if they claimed to receive legitimate services.

The indictment also alleges that Jose Benitez owned and operated one of the eleven clinics, Advanced Medical, and assisted in submitting about $10 million of the false and fraudulent claims.

Thomas McKenzie was a physician assistant at the HIV infusion clinics owned and operated by the three brothers, and the indictment claims he was responsible for training physicians and providers in how to make it appear that legitimate and appropriate medical services were being provided and overseeing the preparation of documents to make it appear that the services were actually rendered and medically necessary.