Indian-Americans in multi-crore Medicare fraud

May 03, 2012 17:11

In other news: A number of Indian-Americans were among 107 people charged across seven different cities for their role in a Medicare fraud involving a whopping USD 452 million, in one of the biggest busts by US authorities.

Those arrested included doctors, nurses, social workers, health-care company owners in Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Chicago, Tampa and Baton Rouge.

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 107 people for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately USD 452 million in false billings, the Department of Justice said in a statement.

This is the highest amount of alleged false Medicare billings involved in a single takedown in the Strike Force's five-year history.

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