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Leader of Scheme Sentenced to 14 Months
Prescriptions were obtained by doctor chasing and obtaining forged scripts.
Lab Owner Charged
Medicare was billed for COVID tests that were never legitimately ordered or performed.
Update: Marketing Company Operators Sentenced
Beneficiaries were called and pressured to agree to accept medical equipment.
Doctor Sentenced to Three Years
Medicare paid more than $19 million from his false and fraudulent claims.
Man Pleads to Buying Numbers
Medicare numbers were used to bill for COVID-19 test kits.
Former Business Owner Charged
Oleg Beretsky used control over patients to ensure that only doctors and other providers who were willing to pay him would have access to the patients.
Medical Equipment Company Owner Convicted
Telemedicine doctors signed prefilled prescriptions for braces, whether or not patients needed or wanted them.
5 Warning Signs of a Medicare Scam
Scammers sound professional on the phone and create convincing materials.
Woman Told She Was Losing Benefits
Caller claiming to be from Medicare tricked her into giving out Medicare number.
Executive Pleads in $1 Billion Conspiracy
Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries were targeted.
Update: Doctor Found Guilty in Medicare Fraud Scheme
He allegedly authorized COVID-19 tests and cancer genetic tests that patients did not want.
Pain Company Pairs Prescriptions with Injections
Decade-long fraud scheme made millions by capitalizing on patients’ dependence on opioids.