US says it halts healthcare fraud schemes worth nearly $15 billion [View all]
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it halted a series of healthcare fraud schemes that sought to bilk the federal government out of $14.6 billion.
The operation, which the department called the largest healthcare fraud initiative in its history, led to criminal charges against 324 defendants and the seizure of more than $245 million in cash, luxury cars and other assets. The actual loss to the U.S. government totaled about $2.9 billion, officials said.
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One such scheme, which prosecutors said was run out of Russia and Eastern European countries, led to charges against 19 defendants, 12 of whom have been arrested.
The group used a network of foreign straw owners to buy dozens of U.S. medical supply companies and, using stolen American identities, submitted more than $10 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to the Justice Department.
"It's not being done by small-time operators," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "These are organized syndicates who are designing to hurt America."
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-says-it-halts-healthcare-fraud-schemes-worth-nearly-15-billion-2025-06-30/
Well then I guess they don't need to kill Medicaid and SNAP now that they have "caught Russians" stealing $15billion from the system.
WHO BELIEVES THIS SHIT? Seriously. Its really mind boggling...
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