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Posted on 06/30/2026 3:42:13 PM PDT by Libloather
A quiet Brooklyn storefront served as a key part of a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme led by the Russian mob, a federal indictment charges — and could even have been backed by the Kremlin.
The scheme was so brazen, one medical supply company linked to the outfit submitted bills totaling over $250 million for urinary catheters in 2023 alone, according to the feds.
The number was so large it amounted to $50 million more than the combined spend of every other medical provider in the country on catheters that year.
The scam started in 2022 when a Russia-based transnational criminal organization bought up over 30 medical supply companies across the US — from California to Texas to Chicago — which were already enrolled in Medicare, according to the indictment.
The organization then recruited young men, primarily from Russia and Estonia, and sent them to the US to act as straw owners of the companies.
The fraudsters then indiscriminately began blanket billing Medicare for supply reimbursements, mostly urinary catheters, using the stolen credentials of 7,000 physicians and over a million Medicare recipients, feds allege.
Thousands of bills originated from G&I Ortho Supply in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and were sent on behalf of Medicare customers across the country. It is one of two addresses in the borough the gang operated from, the other hasn’t been revealed.
The crime syndicate made $10.6 billion in fraudulent claims in total, according to prosecutors. They were paid $941 million, which the gang are charged with promptly laundering through China, Israel, Pakistan, Singapore and Turkey.
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What was the democrat’s cut ?
Obviously, the Medicare Fraud Division needs to double or triple their funding and staff.
Nope. Cut it since they don’t do their jobs.
That’s a scandal.
Why do we spend billions on IGs. AGs, and the GAO?
They are supposed to do oversight along with our useless Congress. Both parties.
Like BMDs & BTRs ?
Most of Federal Government spending is theft.
It feels like no one really cares.
So it seems. Why do we continue to pay taxes?
“So it seems. Why do we continue to pay taxes?”
If you could, ask Irwin Schiff. Sadly, he’s not with us anymore.
How big is California fraud? Thinking the cartels will say,”hold my beer.”
State sanctioned? Time to sue New York State and Kathy Hochul.
Imagine if Biden or Harris were President right now, they would have their 80,000 new IRS agents shaking us down rather than finding these fraudsters.
I am on my fourth Medicare card in 2-3 years. Somehow even though I live in Indiana, I am caught up in this East coast scam. I even got eob’s on the fake bills. No body could use as many catheters as I supposedly have. No HIPPA Rules for me, everyone on the East coast has my info!
Defense contractors’ finances are audited constantly by the gov’t, every penny is scrutinized. Why isn’t Medicare / Medicaid audited?
Is it just possible you can’t remember how many you’ve used, grame?
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