Authorities indict 53 people for alleged schemes to cheat Medicare out of $50 million
By APWednesday, June 24, 2009
53 indicted in alleged $50M Medicare fraud scheme
WASHINGTON — Authorities have indicted 53 people for schemes to cheat Medicare out of $50 million.
Suspects were arrested in Detroit, Miami, and Denver as part of a wide-ranging effort by the government to crack down on those allegedly defrauding the government-funded health care program for the elderly and disabled.
Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and FBI Director Robert Mueller announced the charges at a press conference in Washington.
Sebelius said the Obama administration is determined to crack down on Medicare fraud through new teams of investigators detecting patterns of false billing. Forty of the suspects have already been arrested, authorities said.
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