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20 charged with Medicare fraud in California
Los Angeles Times, October 22, 2009
Federal officials have charged 20 people with fraudulent Medicare billing in seven cases that total $26 million in unneeded or undelivered medical equipment, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles announced. The charges came out of a joint investigation by the FBI, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and California attorney general's office.
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