89 Charged in Medicare Fraud: Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Arrests Involving Scams Worth $223 Million in False Billings
US. cities on Tuesday with Medicare fraud schemes that the government said totaled $223 million in false billings. More than 400 law enforcement officers including FBI agents made arrests of 89 suspects who posed as physicians and scammed the $590 billion healthcare program with phony or unnecessary bills. About one in four defendants was a doctor, a nurse, a physical therapist or some other medical professional.
