Federal prosecutors have charged 14 people — including a medical doctor and owners of laboratories, pharmacies and a home health agency — in multiple Covid-related fraud schemes that allegedly bilked consumers and insurers out of $143 million, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
In addition, the Center for Program Integrity at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it took administrative action against more than 50 medical providers for their involvement in health-care fraud schemes relating to Covid-19.
The DOJ’s Fraud Section, which leads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, announced it is prosecuting cases in the following districts: Western District of Arkansas, Northern District of California, Middle District of Louisiana, Central District of California, Southern District of Florida, District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of New York.
