After a six-season pro career that saw him only make it as high as high-A, Ihosvany Marquez moved into his post-playing career working odd jobs as a truck driver, beer salesman and cosmetics distributor, The Miami Herald wrote.
Then came a new career that would make him millions, and eventually send him to prison, a career where he submitted $55 million in false Medicare claims, then used the proceeds to buy expensive cars, jewelry and even racing horses, The Herald wrote in 2010.
"This is an absolutely massive Medicare fraud scheme, even by Miami standards," Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Stumphauzer said at Marquez' initial detention hearing, according to The Herald.
Marquez would later be sentenced to 19.5 years in federal prison, according to The Herald.
Years earlier, though, Marquez was a baseball player. His career began as he was drafted by the Orioles in the 37th round of the 1990 draft out of Miami Springs High School in Florida.
He started with the Orioles at rookie Bluefield. He went 3-3, with a 3.20 ERA in 13 outings, nine starts. He went six innings in a July game for his first win.
Marquez played 1991 in the rookie Gulf Coast League, then 1992 between Bluefield and single-A Kane County, ending his career with the Orioles.
He then returned to the field in 1995 with the Red Sox. He saw time between short-season Utica, single-A Michigan and high-A Sarasota. He picked up a win at Michigan in a July game where he pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.
"I felt great," Marquez told The Battle Creek Enquirer after that game. "I wished I could have finished the game out but I think I did a good job."
Marquez then finished out his career in 1996, with four starts at independent Southern Minny.
He then returned home to Florida and eventually got into the Medicare fraud business in 2005, The Herald wrote, by billing for HIV and cancer therapy never provided to patients. His seven clinics received $21.6 million, which he was to repay.
"What you are," U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz told Marquez at his October 2010 sentencing, according to The Herald, "is a poster boy for a free lunch."
- Battle Creek Enquirer, Sox send Blais to Class AA
- Miami Herald, Jan. 5, 2010: Clinic owner held on fraud charges
- Miami Herald, April 13, 2010: Former pitcher: I made millions off claims, Part 2
- FBI.gov: April 13, 2010: Miami Man Pleads Guilty in $61 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
- Miami Herald, Oct. 15, 2010: Schemer is sent to prison
Made the Majors:1,423-32.0
Never Made Majors:3,026-68.0%-X
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