Dozens arrested across the country in extensive Medicare scam

Dozens arrested across the country in extensive Medicare scam
Federal government, the justice department, the IRS, the Health and Human Services Inspector General us attorney’s offices around the country have broken up and expensive Medicare scan that involves pedaling unneeded braces Orthopedic braces back braces wrist braces knee braces casinos around the country, hundreds of thousands of seniors Radio Shack radio check seniors would get calls from telemarketers or they might say you were radio ad or see a print ad with a phone number and if they indicated an interest or call the number they connect with a teller marketing firm. That would assess their interest and then transfer them to a call center in the call center would get their Medicare information which, by the way they say senior, should never give that out unless they know who they’re dealing with, because he once it gets out, it can Be sold and it can be used multiple times without people, even even knowing it. Investigators say that that’s it standard practice for the government to try and get back as much money as it can and there’s various ways they can do this. They could. They could try to identify assets of the people involved in the scheme and seize those assets, but investigators also have a name for these kinds of frauds and that name is paying Chase, because, unfortunately, time and again the money goes out the door. And then the authorities have to chase it.
The Justice Department said the scheme relied on overseas call centers to pry Medicare numbers from beneficiaries. Authorities also announced charges against owners of call centers, telemedicine firms and medical equipment companies that shipped unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces. Officials said it’s one of the biggest frauds the inspector general’s office has seen. Charges were being brought against defendants in California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.
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