'Operation Brace Yourself' An international telemarketing network lured hundreds of thousands of elderly or disabled patients into a criminal scheme, prosecutors said.

Feds take down $2 billion Medicare fraud scheme

By News on the Net -- NBC News——Bio and Archives--April 10, 2019

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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