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Health Care & Hospital Law

Feb. 19, 2011

Mass Health Fraud Sting Lands L.A. Arrests

Six defendants in Los Angeles were arrested Thursday for their roles in alleged schemes to bilk the federal Medicare program out of nearly $30 million in phony claims for medical equipment and in-home health care.


By Emma Gallegos


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Six defendants in Los Angeles were arrested Thursday for their roles in alleged schemes to bilk the federal Medicare program out of nearly $30 million in phony claims for medical equipment and in-home health care.


The three indictments unsealed Thursday in U.S. district court are part of a nationwide crackdown by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force against fraud in taxpayer-funded health care programs, o...

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