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September 20, 2006
Nursing home operators plead not guilty / Photo
Journal photo / Mary Murphy
John Montecalvo, left, and Antonio Giordano appear in Providence Superior Court this morning.
PROVIDENCE -- Former nursing home operator Antonio L. Giordano and his chief financial officer John J. Montecalvo pleaded not guilty this morning to state charges of embezzlement, conspiracy, money laundering and Medicaid fraud.
Their arraignments in Superior Court came just five days after the two men were sentenced in federal court on charges of diverting more than $780,000 from three nursing homes to a company run by Giordano’s daughters.
In the federal case, Giordano was sentenced to serve 2½ years in prison -- 6 months more than the prosecution recommended -- and Montecalvo was sentenced to serve two years. They are to report to officials of the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Oct. 13.
But they will have to be brought back in December for the next court date on the state charges.
In the state case, Giordano, 62, of 229 Potter Rd., North Kingstown, and Montecalvo, 67, of 181 Cedar Hollow Rd, South Kingstown, each face 45 counts related to alleged crimes committed during the operation of the Hillside Health Center in Providence. Montecalvo is additionally named in 10 counts of patient neglect.
-- Journal staff writer Tom Mooney
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