Feds take down $2 billion Medicare fraud scheme
'Operation Brace Yourself' An international telemarketing network lured hundreds of thousands of elderly or disabled patients into a criminal scheme, prosecutors said.
Two dozen people, including doctors and owners of medical equipment companies, were charged in a more than $1 billion Medicare scam, authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators uncovered the sprawling plot that targeted elderly and disabled people by setting them up with back, neck and knee braces that they didn't need, according to federal prosecutors. -- More...
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