Insurance Fraud
Texas doctor accused of huge health fraud scheme
Feb 29, 2012 13:21 EST
DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas doctor and six others were arrested on Tuesday on charges they tried to defraud federal healthcare programs of nearly $375 million in what U.S. officials described as one of the largest schemes allegedly orchestrated by a single doctor.
Dozens charged in U.S. auto insurance fraud
Feb 29, 2012 11:21 EST
(Reuters) - Federal authorities unveiled charges on Wednesday against three dozen people suspected of involvement in a scheme to defraud automobile insurers that provide healthcare benefits to accident victims out of more than $275 million.
Doctors, lawyers charged in U.S. auto insurer fraud
Feb 29, 2012 11:21 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three dozen people were charged with scheming to defraud automobile insurers out of more than $279 million in accident benefits, in a scheme said to involve doctors, lawyers and patients who were coached to fake injuries.
Dentist ordered to jail for fraud over paper clip root canals
Jan 30, 2012 16:19 EST
BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Boston-area dentist accused of substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in patient root canals was sentenced to two and a half years in jail for Medicaid fraud, authorities said on Monday.
Dentist pleads guilty to fraud over paper clip root canals
Jan 24, 2012 17:18 EST
BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Boston-area dentist accused of substituting paper clips for stainless steel posts in patient root canals faces the possibility of decades in prison when he is sentenced next week for Medicaid fraud, authorities said on Tuesday.
Miami health executive gets stiff sentence for fraud
Dec 09, 2011 11:42 EST
MIAMI (Reuters) - A former Miami health care executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud scheme, authorities said on Friday.
$13.5 mln fraud implicates hundreds of S. Koreans
Nov 03, 2011 23:36 EDT
Police said Friday they had uncovered South Korea's largest insurance fraud, involving more than 400 people and 15 billion won ($13.5 million).
U.S. mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud
Sep 19, 2011 17:27 EDT
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud scheme.
Mental-health executive gets 35 years for fraud
Sep 19, 2011 15:02 EDT
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud scheme.
U.S. says 91 charged over $295 million in Medicare fraud
Sep 07, 2011 16:15 EDT
MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Wednesday they had charged 91 people, including doctors and nurses, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud involving approximately $295 million in false billing.
Gunman who planned to kill man shoots child, another adult
Jul 05, 2011 17:29 EDT
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The gunman in a quintuple shooting that left a toddler and one man dead in a possible revenge crime at a Pennsylvania weekend home was "an evil unrepentant monster," a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Special Report: Taking on the real Miami Vice: healthcare fraud
Apr 13, 2011 08:12 EDT
MIAMI (Reuters) - If Peter Budetti gets his way, the criminals who gorge on the U.S. healthcare system, bilking the government out of billions of dollars a year, will soon be on a much leaner diet.
U.S. stresses prevention in fighting Medicare fraud
Mar 02, 2011 14:45 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare programs are moving away from "pay and chase" and concentrating more on prevention in the battle against fraud that costs the government billions of dollars, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
U.S. stresses prevention in fighting Medicare fraud
Mar 02, 2011 14:45 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare programs are moving away from "pay and chase" and concentrating more on prevention in the battle against fraud that costs the government billions of dollars, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
U.S. charges 111 in largest Medicare fraud crackdown
Feb 17, 2011 15:52 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday charged 111 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings, the largest health care fraud crackdown so far.
Top NY state prosecutor to chase down tax cheats
Jan 27, 2011 13:46 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new "Sheriff of Wall Street" is going after tax cheats, pension plan frauds and corrupt government contractors, intending to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to help close New York state's budget gap.
Insurance fraud rings find fertile ground in Canada
Jan 09, 2011 18:57 EST
It starts with a seemingly courteous gesture behind the wheel: an innocent driver signals to turn left, and a driver in an oncoming lane waves for him to go ahead -- when another vehicle speeds up and crashes into the turning car.
US fugitive doctor commits suicide in Israeli jail
Jan 04, 2011 17:19 EST
Israeli doctor accused in 2 women's deaths kills self in jail while awaiting extradition to US. Dr. Eugene Perchikov was a man of mystery, locked up in an Israeli jail amid murky accusations in the United States about the deaths of his purported lover and another woman.
Feds: Medicare bilked for inhaler drugs in Fla.
Dec 22, 2010 00:03 EST
Feds: Scam bilks Medicare in Fla.; program pays for more inhaler drugs than available to buy. A scam tricked Medicare into paying for nearly 10 times more units of an inhaler drug than were available in South Florida, costing taxpayers millions, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.
Feds: Medicare bilked for inhaler drugs in Fla.
Dec 22, 2010 00:03 EST
A scam tricked Medicare into paying for nearly 10 times more units of an inhaler drug than were available in South Florida, costing taxpayers millions, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.
