LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) – A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 40 months in jail and $550,000 in fines for fraud and fixing the wages of nurses.
Eduardo Lopez will also be made to pay more than $2.4 million in restitution to the defrauded purchaser of his home healthcare company and forfeit more than $10 million from the fraudulent sale of his company.
Lopez was convicted in April of leading a conspiracy to fix the wages of nurses in the Las Vegas area between March 2016 and May 2019. He was also convicted of five counts of fraud for concealing the government’s antitrust investigation from the buyer during the sale of his company.
“American workers are the bedrock of President Trump’s administration,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “We will continue to tirelessly fight for the innocent, like the hardworking nurses harmed in this case.”
“This case demonstrates the consequences of violating antitrust laws. By conspiring to fix wages, the defendant deprived hardworking nurses the right to earn a fair wage,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to working with the Antitrust Division and FBI to protect workers and we will prosecute those who seek to exploit others for personal gain.”
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