US says it halts healthcare fraud schemes worth nearly $15 billion

[Ruby the Liberal]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it halted a series of healthcare fraud schemes that sought to bilk the federal government out of $14.6 billion.

The operation, which the department called the largest healthcare fraud initiative in its history, led to criminal charges against 324 defendants and the seizure of more than $245 million in cash, luxury cars and other assets. The actual loss to the U.S. government totaled about $2.9 billion, officials said.

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One such scheme, which prosecutors said was run out of Russia and Eastern European countries, led to charges against 19 defendants, 12 of whom have been arrested.

The group used a network of foreign straw owners to buy dozens of U.S. medical supply companies and, using stolen American identities, submitted more than $10 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to the Justice Department.

"It's not being done by small-time operators," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "These are organized syndicates who are designing to hurt America."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-says-it-halts-healthcare-fraud-schemes-worth-nearly-15-billion-2025-06-30/

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Well then I guess they don't need to kill Medicaid and SNAP now that they have "caught Russians" stealing $15billion from the system.

WHO BELIEVES THIS SHIT? Seriously. Its really mind boggling...

[Torchlight]

1. My guess is many of the culprits are top-tier trump donors.

The one's who aren't though might see time in prison.

[Attilatheblond]

4. GOP Senator Rick Scott probably has the worst of them in his contact list.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

8. I thought they finally caught Rick Scott !

and put him in jail, Damn

[Attilatheblond]

11. LOL funny! Nah, he ran a medical facility owned by the Frist family* when he did that massive medicare fraud

* As in the family (father and brother) of former FL Senator Bill Frist.

Jail is reserved for the poor people with no political juice.

[Attilatheblond]

2. The real fraudsters are NOT poor people seeking medical care

The fraudsters are, and have always been 'corporate' entities and scammers. But the GOP blames the poor people who work and don't make enough to live on. They get sick or injured, they don't have massive computer systems to do programmed grand theft.

[azureblue]

3. meanwhile

Rick Scott -------

[Silent Type]

5. How the f*&k does something this big go on since 2022? It's only the tip of the iceberg too.

"The numbers were often eye-popping. Beginning in late 2022, the companies collectively submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare for more than 1 billion urinary catheters, officials said."

[Galraedia]

6. This just proves that fraud exists in businesses and not in the actual program.

In the age of the convicted felon Donnie Dumbass Trump white collar crime is not only tolerated but also encouraged.

[LiberalArkie]

7. Uh oh, Someone forgot to make their payments to Trump, Inc.

[ToxMarz]

9. Russia huh? Financial cimes? Incoming Trump pardons in 3, 2, 1...

He loves him some pardons for financial criminals. Has a real affinity for them, plus he's Russia's bitch.

[purple_haze]

10. excellent work

my parents both rely on this system and my aunt works in it. the fraud they see is astounding.

[Native]

12. The two-year investigation, dubbed Operation Gold Rush, was started under the Biden administration.

Not by the criminal organization in office now.

[PSPS]

13. Just in time to fire up the old pardon-o-mat and quid-pro-quo-o-mat

Pay your tribute to the king and the DOJ will drop the case and run off a pardon.