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Ten Defendants Charged In $70 Million Scheme To Defraud Medicaid And Medicare Through Medical Clinics In Brooklyn And Queens

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD), and Thomas O'Donnell, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging ten defendants with operating a massive health care fraud scheme through three medical clinics in Brooklyn and Queens through which the defendants submitted over $70 million in fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare.

Read more on www.justice.gov

Action Details

  • Date:December 3, 2014
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions