Five members of a Russian-Armenian organized crime ring have been indicted for allegedly bilking Medicare of more than $20 million... The group operated medical clinics and laboratories in Los Angeles, Glendale and Pasadena that paid marketers for patient referrals and billed Medicare for tests that were unnecessary or were not done, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Searby wrote in court papers. Charged with conspiracy, health care fraud, Medicare kickbacks, making false statements to Medicare and money laundering. ...between 1997 and 2005.
