PITTSBURGH — A man accused of being part of a multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme appeared in court Monday.
Travis Moriarty went before a federal judge and was released on bond.
He pleaded guilty to health care fraud, as one of 16 defendants accused in an $87 million health care fraud case.
They all worked for Moriarty Consultants, a home health care company raided by the FBI last year and owned by his relative, Arlinda Moriarty, who is also facing charges.
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His defense attorney claims Moriarty was just a pawn.
"Basically, you had the top dogs making all the money. Then you had the underlings, who you heard make $8 to $10 an hour," said Mike DeRiso.
Moriarty will be sentenced in April.
He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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