23 arrested in massive Medicare-Medicaid fraud scheme

A 199-count indictment against 23 doctors, nurses, and medical supply companies was unsealed in Brooklyn, NY yesterday, revealing a massive scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of millions of dollars.

Hundreds of poor people were recruited with the promise of new sneakers to visit a couple of clinics in the Bronx, where bogus tests and procedures were performed.  The criminals would then bill government insurance programs for millions.
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