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Feds charge 36 in alleged healthcare fraud schemes totaling $1.2 billion

By CBS News
| July 29, 2022

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against three dozen people who are accused of orchestrating healthcare fraud schemes across the country, with laboratory owners and company executives among those accused of ordering unnecessary or fraudulent medical tests and equipment worth $1.2 billion.

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