The FBI and our law enforcement partners will investigate and criminally prosecute such fraud to the fullest extent of the law.” “These health care fraudsters, driven by greed, sought to cheat their way to riches by bilking millions of dollars from Medicare and other health care programs. “The number of arrests are staggering and the dollar losses immense,” said Tim Langan, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami. Today’s announcement highlights South Florida’s united and ongoing law enforcement effort, culminating in charges against more than twenty percent of the national defendants, to thwart evolving schemes and combat the unlawful distribution of opioids and prescriptions drugs. Patients are being denied the quality of care that they deserve, doctors are turning a blind eye to their oaths, and taxpayer money is being diverted into the pockets of the greedy. Greenberg said, “Health care fraud schemes have real, long-term consequences for our South Florida community. In the Southern District of Florida a total of 77 defendants were charged with offenses relating to their participation in various fraud schemes involving over $141 million in false billings for services including home health care, mental health services and pharmacy fraud.Īcting U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Miami Regional Office, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including 115 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving approximately $1.3 billion in false billings. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office Shimon R. Greenberg, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida George L.
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