U.S. Executes Largest Healthcare Fraud Crackdown, Seizing $14.6B
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The Justice Department announced its largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, charging Pakistani national Farrukh Ali and nearly 200 cases involving $14.6 billion in intended losses. Ali allegedly orchestrated a $650 million scheme involving fake billing and kickbacks with Arizona clinics, targeting Medicaid for addiction treatment services that were never provided or were unnecessary, with actual losses of $2.9 billion.
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