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HH Fraudster Draws 17-Year Sentence

Published on Fri Jun 04, 2021

A serious criminal enterprise running on-paper-only home health agencies has resulted in a number of guilty pleas and lengthy prison terms. Eight co-defendants operated “a fraud and money laundering organization responsible for executing a series of frauds in Florida and Michigan through which they billed Medicare for over $80 million, actually receiving approximately $53 million for fraudulent claims,” the Department [...]
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