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DOJ Blocks Largest Global Healthcare Fraud in U.S. History
The Department of Justice announced the arrests of more than 300 people who they say were involved in a nearly $15 billion fraud scheme, the largest healthcare criminal pact in U.S. history. Investigators found that many of the fraudsters were...

Bus routes launched in Latvian-Estonian border area
The bus routes will help to solve transport accessibility problems in border regions and facilitate everyday mobility, especially for older people. In a festive atmosphere, the ribbon is cut and the first passengers set off on a test run,...

Annual report: Estonian Refugee Council supported 69,000 people in 2024
The Estonian Refugee Council (ERC) has published its 2024 annual report, summarizing the organization's key activities over the past year. According to the report, the ERC reached over 69,000 people in 2024, providing immediate assistance in...

DOJ announces health care fraud crackdown that nets 324 arrests, including 60 in Florida
Sixty people in Florida were among 324 charged nationwide in what the Justice Department is calling the nation's largest coordinated takedown of health care schemes. Law enforcement at the state and federal level seized more than $245 million in...

Middlesboro pharmacy 1 of 324 defendants charged in national health care fraud takedown
Published 11:39 am Tuesday, July 1, 2025 The Justice Department has announced the results of the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants for their alleged participation in various health...

There are ways to tame the e-bike menace
I felt oddly safe at the Nato summit. Not because the transatlantic alliance had returned to health but because cycling in the Hague was so painless. My rental bike brought me swiftly, smoothly and cheaply around the city, while my colleagues...

10 Visionary Doctors Redefining the Future of Healthcare
Mumbai: Meet 10 visionary doctors transforming healthcare with innovation, compassion, and groundbreaking approaches—shaping the future of medicine in India and beyond. 1. Dr. Arpit Bansal -Laparascopy & Cancer Surgeon Dr. Arpit Bansal, India’s...

DOJ Charges 324 in Sprawling $14.6 Billion Healthcare Fraud Scams
Federal law enforcement agencies this week unveiled expansive and long-running investigations into multiple health care fraud operations that ranged from wound care and opioids to telemedicine and genetic testing, involved transnational criminal...

How Operation Gold Rush was planned and executed, which busted the largest health care fraud in US history
US federal agents launched Operation Gold Rush in the early months of 2023, a top-secret crackdown that would ultimately dismantle the largest health care fraud scheme in American history. Over two years of silent tracking and coordinated stings...

Züleyxa Izmailova: Government's backward policy crippling Estonian nature and economy
The Reform Party–led government lacks the courage to make any meaningful decisions that would affect the wealthy or large corporations, while those already struggling are being forced to pay even more in taxes, writes Social Democrat Züleyxa...

Estonians postpone expensive dental procedures as cost of living spirals
Long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment have been a source of complaints for years, but now those queues are disappearing in Tallinn. Dentists are also seeing a decline in workload, as people tend to postpone aesthetic treatments during...

Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history
The US Department of Justice on Monday announced criminal charges against 324 individuals — including 96 licensed medical professionals — as part of the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The operation spanned 50 federal districts and 12...

More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud scheme, Justice Department says
State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history. Law...
$15 Billion!? FBI Says It's Uncovered 'Largest Health Care Fraud' In American History
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 30 said that almost $15 billion was reported in losses in the “largest health care fraud” investigation in U.S. history, with officials...

DOJ charges 15 in record $10.6 billion health care fraud case
Fifteen people, including two pharmacists, have been charged in what federal officials say is the largest health care fraud and money laundering scheme ever prosecuted in the U.S., with over $10.6 billion in fraudulent claims targeting Medicare,...

Inside Operation Gold Rush, largest health care fraud bust in U.S. history
Gerald Quindry was facing a quandary. The 73-year-old retired engineer received a statement last year that Medicare, his health insurance provider, had been billed $15,500 for urinary catheters - but his doctor had never ordered them, and Quindry...

7 Arizona suspects among hundreds charged for $14.6B in health care schemes
PHOENIX (AP/AZFamily) — State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice...

Inside Operation Gold Rush: How a transnational criminal network exploited the U.S. health care system out of $14.6 billion
State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history. Law...

More Than 300 Charged in $14.6 Billion Health Care Fraud Schemes Takedown
FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference with Attorney General Pam Bondi, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — State and...

AP News: More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says
WASHINGTON (AP) — State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people and uncovered nearly $15 billion in false claims in what they described Monday as the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department...