ERIE — Two Erie County residents each have been sentenced in federal court to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine on their convictions of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti announced.
U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentences on 47-year-old Aaron Hertel, of North East, and 49-year-old Michael Brown, of Erie, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Both defendants pleaded guilty to one count in March 2025.
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