Four Convicted in $24M Medicare Scam

[NVMojo]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Four people were convicted of federal fraud charges for submitting more than $24 million in false bills to Medicare, including one person who used the proceeds to buy a Rolls-Royce, a yacht and other luxury items, federal prosecutors said Friday.

In the scheme, people were recruited from the local Vietnamese and Korean communities for medical examinations with the two doctors, who prescribed nutrition products and motorized wheelchairs that weren't needed and, in most cases, were never provided, prosecutors said.

Participants billed Medicare for $24 million in equipment and nutrition products and Medicare paid about $15 million in claims, prosecutors said.

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[iowa_democrat]

1. Was the name Frist?

By any chance.....Oh, California not Tennesee. Well, I look for these people to be running for the Senate soon.

[WhiteTara]

2. now we know why immigrants get such

a bad rap. Bastards like these prey upon them and use them for their own gains. I doubt they shared the wealth with their "patients"

[Rex]

3. Republican business ethics 101.

Take everything, fuck everyone over.