DOJ charges nearly 200 people in $2.7B health care fraud crackdown

the justice department has been clear that we will bring to Justice criminals who defraud Americans and steal from taxpayer funded programs we have a particularly aggressive approach to combating healthc care fraud schemes that put people in danger for the sake of profits it does not matter if you are a trafficker in a drug cartel or a corporate executive or medical professional employed by a healthc care company if you profit from the unlawful distribution of controlled substances you will be held accountable our efforts to combat healthc care fraud are focused on four fundamental principles first protecting vulnerable patients second defending taxpayer funded programs third ensuring full accountability by Prosecuting the perpetrators of these crimes and seizing their criminal proceeds and fourth using data analytics to keep Pace with constantly evolving fraud schemes

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Published: Thu Jun 27 2024