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this Ministry of Justice (The Justice Department) announced on Monday a mass charge against more than 300 defendants, accusing them of misleading patients for paying and sometimes even receiving medical services they do not need.
Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department’s criminal department, said the defendants also tried to deceive Medicare and other taxpayer-funded and private health insurance plans, which were about $14.6 billion.
Galterti said at a press conference that the news marked “the biggest health care fraud in the history of the Justice Department.”
Includes a set of fees, e.g. indictment The skin grafts allegedly purchased and given to elderly health insurance recipients for three defendants in Arizona are called “amniografts”. The defendant allegedly received millions of dollars from this practice.
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Matthew Galeotti, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, joined by executives from Medicare and Medicaid Services Centres Medare and Medicaid Services Centres Mehmet Oz at a press conference held on June 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
One of the defendants, a nurse practitioner, applied the graft to patients even if they were “medically unreasonable and unnecessary”, the indictment said. Nurses are allegedly applying it to terminally ill patients in hospice care, including some who have been dead a few days away.
Although this particular medical practice is often noninvasive, Galleti notes that it is part of a $1 billion health care fraud program that deprives patients of “dignity and peace” in the last few days.
“This behavior sounds like a ruthless act,” Galleti said. “The lives of patients and their families trust these providers. Instead of receiving care, they become victims of elaborate criminal plans.”
A Justice Department official said in response to a question from Fox News Digital that skin grafts are a “emerging field” of health care fraud, especially given that they can charge a large fee for $1,000 per square centimeter. ”
Healthcare fraud Caseall of which are shared online, across the country and the globe. The defendants included the owners of medical supply companies and medical professionals, including 25 doctors.
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At a ceremony held in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2025, the new sworn in for Dr. Mehmet Oz, Medicare and Medicaid service administrator. (Andrew Hanik/Getty)
one FBI Officials announced in a press conference that a plan called “Operation Gold Rush” has resulted in at least 20 members of transnational criminal organizations, including Russian defendants, accused of being accused of being a $10 billion Medicare and a catheter-centric $10 billion Medicare and money laundering campaign.
The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division led the work. Galleti said Monday that the Justice Department has also opened a “convergence center” that will join forces with other agencies to merge health care data as part of its fraud investigation.
The FBI announced that a plan has led to at least 20 members of a transnational criminal organization. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Galeotti and Dr. Mehmet OzThe Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Center also used a press conference to plead for more tips.
“We need your help, Americans,” Oz said. “Why? More than half of the whistleblowers we get are for health care fraud, and more than half of the frauds targeting our government are for health care.”
