GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Prosecutors are taking steps to confiscate a home, vehicles, precious metals and hundreds of thousands of dollars after a western Colorado man pleaded guilty to swindling $3.4 million from a government program for ailing nuclear workers.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Sunday ( ) that federal prosecutors filed documents to seize the property in the case of 33-year-old Anthony Breaux of Palisade.
Breaux pleaded guilty in November to health care fraud and money laundering. He was accused of forging doctors’ orders and overbilling the government program for home care by relatives of ailing workers. He faces up to 20 years in prison at his March 16 sentencing.
Prosecutors want to seize more than $766,000 in cash or accounts, three ounces of gold and 110 ounces of silver.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,