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53 Indicted on $50 Million Medicare Scam

By Chris

The Justice Department unsealed criminal indictments against 53 people accused of perpetrating a massive Medicare scam that cost the federal government more than $50 million, according to the Washington Post. Following the indictment, announced by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III in Washington Wednesday, suspects were arrested in Detroit, Denver and Miami. Authorities filed criminal charges against patients, doctors, medical assistants and company owners who allegedly played complicit roles in the fraud schemes. According to Detroit news outlet Local 4, the suspects would target the homeless population, and use their Social Security numbers and Medicare IDs...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).