Nearly 200 people charged in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Justice Department announced on June 27 that nearly 200 individuals had been charged in a massive crackdown on health care fraud schemes, with more than US$2.7 billion in fraudulent claims.

Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed that doctors, nurse practitioners, and other medical professionals across the U.S. are implicated in various scams. Among the most egregious is a $900 million sc