UPDATE: The DOJ announced in a press release, “Eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, have been arrested on federal charges that they schemed to defraud the nation’s health care system out of more than $50 million.” This includes arrests for Medicare hospice care fraud, private health care plan fraud, and immigration health care fraud.
“Six of the defendants arrested today are expected to make their initial appearances this afternoon in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. One defendant is expected to make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Idaho,” the release reads.
Federal authorities have begun raids against businesses defrauding federal taxpayers in Southern California as the White House Fraud Task Force’s nationwide crackdown begins.
President Trump signed an executive order last month establishing the anti-fraud task force to investigate and root out the massive fraud in federally funded welfare programs across the country.