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Feds: Father, son defrauded ACA programs out of over $27 million
A father and son out of California pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to defraud Affordable Care Act programs out of more than $27 million in at least 12 states, the Department of Justice said.
Jeffrey White, 60, and Nicholas White, 33, of Twin Peaks, Calif., appeared in Hartford federal court Friday. The two were health care professionals, said FBI Special Agent in Charge Brian C. Turner.
“The ACA was not enacted to fill the coffers of greedy health care professionals,” Turner said.
U.S. Attorney John H. Durham of the District of Connecticut said this case is believed to be the first of its kind to hit a nationwide scale.
Read more: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Feds-Father-son-defrauded-ACA-programs-out-of-13303516.php
