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Detroit-Area Physician Convicted in $6.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme (1 comment)
Houston-Area Nurse Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme (1 comment)

Houston-Area Nurse Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 8:46 PM EDT (United States Department of Justice)

WASHINGTON – A Houston-area nurse was sentenced today in Houston for her participation in a $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS).

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Detroit-Area Physician Convicted in $6.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 6:41 PM EDT (FBI Michigan - U.S. Attorney's Office)

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A federal jury sitting in Detroit, Michigan convicted a Detroit-area physician for his role in a $6.7 million Medicare Fraud scheme, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. Jonathan Agbebiyi, 62, of Sterling H …

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Apex Medical Group Will Pay $4.36 Million to Resolve Federal and State Health Care Fraud Investigation

Seeded on Fri May 4, 2012 6:48 PM EDT (FBI Tennessee - U.S. Attorney's Office)

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KNOXVILLE, TN—A settlement was finalized this week with Apex Medical Group, P.C., d.b.a. Nephrology Consultants, a local nephrology physician practice group, and certain affiliated dialysis centers in Knox and surrounding counties. Apex Medical Group (Apex) agreed to pay $4 …

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Fifty-Nine South Florida Residents Charged as Part of Nationwide Coordinated Takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations

Seeded on Thu May 3, 2012 8:53 AM EDT (FBI Florida - U.S. Attorney's Office)

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107 Individuals Charged Nationally for Submitting Approximately $452 Million in Fraudulent Billing; South Florida Responsible for more than $137 Million in False Billings Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Ag …

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Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Health Care Fraud Takedown Press Conference

Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 6:18 PM EDT ()

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Good afternoon.

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Sentencing in Health Care Insurance Fraud Case

Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 6:01 PM EDT (FBI Georgia - U.S. Attorney's Office)

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Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Veronica R. Kirk Scott was sentenced to serve nine months in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons followed by three years’ supervised release, a $100.00 assessment fee, and was order …

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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 107 Individuals for Approximately $452 Million in False Billing

Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 5:53 PM EDT (FBI Washington, D.C.)

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WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities has resulted in charges against 107 individuals, including docto …

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Medicare Recipient Sentenced for Health Care Fraud

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:40 PM EDT (FBI Washington, D.C.)

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WASHINGTON—Walt R. Wilson, 42, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six months of home detention after earlier pleading guilty to a charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme involving more than $71,000 in fraudulent Medicare payments. The sentence was annou …

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Detroit-Area Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:02 PM EDT (United States Department of Justice)

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WASHINGTON – A Detroit-area patient recruiter pleaded guilty today for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Daron Elder, 28, of Southfield, Mic …

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Economists say U.S. would save billions if pot was legal. Poll

Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:10 AM EDT

By ArizonaBill

"Where there's pot, there's gold. So conclude more than 300 economists who say that the government -- if it got out of the business of enforcing marijuana laws -- could save a whopping $7.7 billion annually. Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron also figuresthere's another $6 bil …

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