DOJ Announces Multibillion-Dollar Healthcare Fraud Charges Against More than 300 Defendants

More than 300 defendants were charged with sweeping offenses by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday, allegedly deceiving people into paying for and occasionally receiving unnecessary medical care.
The defendants also tried to defraud Medicare and other taxpayer-funded and commercial health insurance programs out of around $14.6 billion, according to DOJ Criminal Division chief Matthew Galeotti.
It was the "largest coordinated healthcare fraud takedown in the history of the Department of Justice," Galeotti stated at a press conference upon the announcement.