U.S. Department of Justice cracks down on $14.6 billion Medicare fraud case, $245 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and other assets seized.

On July 3, PANews reported that the U.S. Department of Justice announced the largest Medicare fraud case in history, with 324 defendants charged, involving over $14.6 billion in false claims. These defendants include 96 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, distributed across 50 federal districts and 12 state attorney general's offices.

This operation also seized over $245 million in cash, cryptocurrency, luxury cars, and other assets, while the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) prevented over $4 billion in fraudulent payments by suspending or revoking billing privileges for 205 providers.

The case involving the 'Gold Action' accounts for $10.6 billion in fraudulent amounts and is related to organized crime in Russia, Estonia, and Kazakhstan. Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated that there will be a zero-tolerance policy towards criminal acts that profit from the Medicare system.