The Justice Department announced on June 23 that it has charged about 450 defendants for various healthcare fraud schemes totaling more than $6.5 billion.
The charges, unveiled at a press conference in Washington, are against defendants for a variety of schemes in what officials called a record-setting action against fraud.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the charges arose from a “new era” of investigating fraud.
One example cited by officials was an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme where a man was accused of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular tests involving college athletes.
The man then allegedly rubber-stamped the results as normal without reviewing them….