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09/21/2026 | Press release | Archived content
Attorney General Bonta Secures Guilty Plea and Two-Year Prison Sentence in $400,000 Medi-Cal Fraud Case
Attorney General Bonta Secures Guilty Plea and Two-Year Prison Sentence in $400,000 Medi-Cal Fraud Case
OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced Maki Martinez-Gruninger pled guilty to a felony charge of defrauding the Medi-Cal program and will serve two years in state prison for stealing more than $400,000 from the State of California through a scheme that exploited a disabled family member. The California Department of Justice (DOJ) received a complaint alleging that Martinez-Gruninger fraudulently claimed to be the In-Home Support Services (IHSS) provider for a disabled family member. According to the complainant - who was the individual's sole caregiver - they discovered in December 2019 that Martinez-Gruninger secretly applied to be the disabled family member's IHSS provider in November 2007. As a result, Martinez-Gruninger allegedly submitted false claims to the IHSS program for over a decade.
Action Details
- Date:Sept. 21, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
- Agency:State of California
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Enforcement Types:
- State Enforcement Agencies
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