New York, June 28, 2025 (AFP) - 11 charged in Russia-based plan to defraud US health care of $10.6 bn

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2025-06-28

US federal prosecutors charged 11 people Friday in a Russia-based scheme to bilk Medicare -- the American health insurance program for the elderly and disabled -- out of $10.6 billion through fraudulent billing for expensive medical equipment. The "transnational criminal organization" orchestrated a "multi-billion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme" that included purchasing dozens of medical equipment companies from prior legiti......

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