44 Charged in Huge Medicare Fraud Scheme
The New York Times reports an Armenian-American crime syndicate stole the identities of doctors and thousands of patients then used them at more than a hundred spurious clinics in 25 states to bill Medicare for more than $100 million for treatments no doctor ever performed and no patient ever received, according to the federal authorities. The group’s members and associates are charged with numerous crimes, including racketeering, health care fraud, identity theft, money laundering and bank fraud.
