Last Monday, Armen Kazarian, a “Vor” or “don” for the Armenian mafia, admitted in court that “I was involved in a criminal conspiracy,” including Southern California Medicare fraud. Last October, federal investigators busted up Kazarian’s ring of 118 “phantom” clinics that allegedly made off with over $35 million in funds.…
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Is Los Angeles Medicare Fraud Destroying the Economy and Ruining Our Children’s Future?
Politicians, pundits and “everyday Americans” alike are striving to stamp out Southern California Medicare, Medi-Cal and Medicaid fraud – and for good reason. Consider Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown’s recent rant against fraud in the Medicare system: “The Government Accountability Office has estimated that nearly 10%, or $47 billion, of…
Los Angeles Medicare Fraud Stories Roll On, Even as IMF Chief Sits in NYC Jail
Last week, while most of the blogosphere zeroed in on the salacious accusations against International Monetary Fund’s chief, the news on the Southern California Medicare fraud front was not exactly silent. Indeed, a May 14th article in the Wall Street Journal (“Medicare Fraud Nets Guilty Plea”) has had a lot…
What Osama bin Laden’s Shooting Death Means for Your Los Angeles White Collar Crime Defense
If you’ve recently been charged with a Southern California white collar crime, insurance fraud, credit card fraud, or any other non-violent offense, you might not immediately see any parallels between your situation and the war on terror. But the blogosphere was literally inflamed this past week with news about Osama…
Major Los Angeles Medicare Fraud News – Couple Pleads Guilty in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scam
As this blog has been reporting for months now, federal investigators have been really cracking down on crimes like Southern California Medicare and Medical fraud. A breaking story out of Miami highlights how much the government means “business.” According to an April 14th story in the Miami Herald, Lawrence Duran…
Disturbing Los Angeles Medicare Fraud News: Couple in Minnesota Could Get Six Decades (Each!) in Prison
A new Minnesota Public Radio report has public health authorities, economists, and bloggers who focus on issues like Southern California Medicare fraud alike analyzing and chatting about powerful charges against a couple from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Anita and Stephen Soledolu — co-owners of a home healthcare service — allegedly submitted…
Southern California Medicare Fraud Red Flag: Massive Detroit Bust Alarms Doctors and Chiropractors in the Southland
As regular followers of this blog’s ongoing series on Los Angeles Medicare fraud know, the Federal Government has been stepping up its campaign to bust up Southern California insurance fraud and other white collar crimes – particularly Medicare and Medicaid related schemes. Today, we’ll focus on a major news story…
Will Los Angeles Healthcare Fraud be Wiped Out by President Obama’s 2012 proposals?
For last several years, we’ve witnessed massive arrests for Southern California Medicare fraud and other healthcare fraud schemes around the nation. Billions of dollars have been seized, and hundreds of people have been arrested and brought to trial. The news practically glitters every week with examples of chiropractors, dentists, doctors,…
Massive Los Angeles Medicare Fraud Bust – Five Suspects Accused of Cheating Medicare of $28 million
Last week, 700 FBI and Health and Human Services agents rounded up 111 suspects in nine cities – including five people suspected of Los Angeles Medicare fraud – in the “largest-ever Federal health care fraud takedown” in the United States, according to government officials. The Los Angeles Times reports that…
Los Angeles Medical Fraud News Alert: Eight Nurses Going to Jail for Defrauding Medicare
When you picture Southern California medical, dental, or chiropractic fraud arrests, you might envision a surly doctor conspiring with a criminal cohort to develop sophisticated white collar crime techniques. You might not imagine that eight nurses (between the ages of 32 and 55) would be capable of pulling off a…