Over at darkreading.com:
The threat of medical identity theft came to light yesterday with the FBI’s announcement it had busted an organized crime gang that stole the identities of doctors and thousands of Medicare patients in order to operate phony clinics that bilked Medicare and insurance companies of more than $165 million in fraudulent billing.
Authorities have charged 73 people, including members of an alleged Armenian-American organized crime organization, with multiple healthcare fraud crimes. The FBI has arrested 52 of these suspects for executing what it says is the largest Medicare fraud case the DOJ has prosecuted to date. The defendants operated close to 120 fake clinics in 25 states and were indicted by authorities in California, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, and Ohio…
Beyond screwed up. Other news sources:
http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20101019/2729/country%E2%80%99s-largest-medicare-scam-uncovered.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IRK2H00.htm
http://business.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978601381
