The Hidalgo County doctor who was sentenced in a $240 million healthcare fraud and international money laundering scheme was released from federal prison on Friday, June 19, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Jorge Zamora-Quezada, 69, was sentenced to 10 years, minus seven years for time served, in May 2025. A notice from the Federal Bureau of Prisons listed his release date as Sept. 2, 2026.

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It is unclear why Zamora-Quezada was released early.

Zamora-Quezada had been in custody since 2018 after prosecutors said he filed $240 million in fraudulent claims to healthcare programs.

He used those claims to administer unnecessary treatments, including medicine commonly used to treat cancer, to at least 10,000 patients he falsely diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and other degenerative diseases at his practices throughout South Texas and San Antonio.

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