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Organized crime gangs are exploiting a new target for illegal profit: Medicare and Medicaid. Experienced in running drug, prostitution and gambling rings, crime groups of various ethnicities and nationalities are learning it's safer and potentially more profitable to file fraudulent claims with the federal Medicare program and state-run Medicaid plans.
"They're hitting us and hitting us hard," said Timothy Menke, head of investigations for the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services. "Organized crime involvement in health care fraud is widespread."
Los Angeles is among the hot spots for health care fraud, where Russian, Armenian and Nigerian gangs have been caught by federal agents.
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The revelations, as reported in your story, is disturbing and shocking.
U.S. media has long reported on the culture of corruption in the
Republic of Armenia and its negative effect on the U.S., including the
widespread fleecing of American business people, as well as scams
emanating from Armenia to “obtain” Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
dollars and U.S. aid dollars.
This newest transgression of pervasive fraud further must be a wakeup
call to Armenian leadership to address their culture of corruption.
KSS
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