Two former owners and an employee of an ambulance services provider headquartered in Guam pleaded guilty yesterday for their roles in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme that resulted in a loss to the United States of approximately $10.8 million. This is one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases prosecuted nationwide.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Shawn N. Anderson of the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, Special Agent in Charge Eli S. Miranda of the FBI’s Honolulu Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Justin Campbell of IRS Criminal Investigation’s (IRS-CI) Seattle Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Timothy DeFrancesca of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Los Angeles Regional Office made the announcement.
HOORY men!
The FBI, IRS-CI and HHS-OIG investigated the case. Senior Litigation Counsel John A. Michelich and Trial Attorney Michael P. McCarthy of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Marivic P. David of the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands prosecuted the case.
Thank you.
“”This is one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases prosecuted nationwide.””
Well, I wonder just how BIG that is considering Guam isn’t that big to begin with. Just kidding.. Gotta wonder who was minding the store and processing all the claims and not raising an eyebrow. I guess someone wanted to cash in before the island tipped over. Sure glad they’re one of our territories as they can scam with the best of us. No shoddy work for them and I hope the culprits shared it!
“”United States is about 18,076 times bigger than Guam. Guam is approximately 544 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km. Meanwhile, the population of Guam is ~167,358 people (326.5 million more people live in United States).””
I’m sorry, but I’m afraid we are going to have to start hanging thieves.
There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of prison.
Miami-Dade County lost $1 Billion to Medicare fraud three years ago.
Last year, Medicare fraud accounted for $2 Billion!