Woman arrested on suspicion of Madicare bill scam

By Brian Day

COVINA - FBI and IRS agents arrested a registered nurse Friday on suspicion of running a scam that defrauded Medicare out of about $12million, officials said.

Felcoranenda "Nenda" Estudillo, 50, was arrested at her Covina home, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office.

"This is the second-largest home health care fraud case that we've had ever," Mrozek said.

The fraud allegedly was carried out from West Covina-based Wescove Home Health Services, a business that Estudillo owned, Mrozek said.