(photo Broken Sphere, lic. Creative Commons)
George and Rhonda Houser of Rome ran a nusing home in Brunswick and two in Rome before the state shut the homes down in 2007.
About 300 elderly residents lived in the homes.
A federal prosecutor in Atlanta says, the couple bilked the federal health programs to buy cars and real estate while leaving nursing home residents went without necessities, like food and medicine.
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Department official called the alleged actions "pure greed."
The Housers have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
