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The Department of Justice (Doj) announced on Monday purification on Monday against more than 300 accused, stating that they were delighted to pay patients, and sometimes received medical care not needed.
In return, the Head for Criminal Division Like Matthew Galeotti said that the accused also tried to overcome Medicare and other programs of funded and private insurance financed by a taxpayer of about $ 14.6 billion.
The announcement marked the “largest coordinated health fraud that took over in the history of the Ministry of Justice,” Galeotti said during the press conference.
One set of charges included, for example, an indictment Against three indictees in Arizona, who were allegedly conspicuous to buy and give older medicine recipients, search of skin known as “Amniotic Allothiok wounds.” The accused allegedly wanted millions of dollars from practice.
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Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Department for Justice, Joined Medicare Centers and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, speaks at a press conference 30. June 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)
One of the defendants, the nurse, applied transplants to patients, although “medically unreasonable and unnecessary,” the indictment said. The nurse allegedly applied them to the mortally ill patients in Hospicia, including some who were given from dying.
Although this specific medical practice is usually non-invasive, Galeotti noticed that part of a billion dollar fraud scheme for $ 1 billion that took “dignity and peace” patients in the last days.
“That behavior is exactly like rude and disturbing as it sounds,” Galeotti said. “Patients and their families are reliable in these givers to their lives. Instead of receiving care, they became victims of elaborated criminal schemes.”
One official one Doy said to the question from the newspaper news, the grafts with the skin were “emerging” in health care “, is especially considering a significant amount of money that can sometimes be increased, during $ 1,000.”
Health fraud casesEveryone shared public online, the ground and the globe were wounded. The accused included the doctors and medical workers of the company and medical workers, including 25 doctors.
New sworn on Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz speaks during the ceremony in the Oval Office in the White House 18. April 2025 (Andrew Harnik / Getty)
An FBI An official at the press conference where one scheme called “Operation Gold Rush” resulted in at least 20 members of the transnational criminal organization, including the accused in Russia, which are charged as part of 10 billion billion Medicare and money laundering operations focused on catheters.
The Unit of the Protection against Criminal Division Doy led effort. Galeotti said that “Fusion Center launched” Fusion Center “in which he would join forces with other agencies to consolidate health data as part of the investigations in the fraud.
The FBI announced that one scheme resulted in at least 20 members of a transnational criminal organization. (Brendan Smilovski / AFP via Getty Images)
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Galeotti et al. Mehmet OzMedicare and Medicaid Services Administrator, also used a press conference to declare more advice.
“We need your help, American people,” Oz said. “Why? Over half of the types of whistleblower we get is for health fraud and over half of the deceit against our government is in health.”
