The two-week operation ensnared defendants accused of illegally distributing millions of pills of the stimulant Adderall.
The Justice Department has criminally charged 193 people, including 76 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, with participating in
The Justice Department criminally charged 193 people, including 76 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, with participating in health care fraud schemes worth $2.75 billion.The bust also targeted schemes involving telemedicine, charging 36 defendants accused of collectively submitting over $1.1 billion in false claims to the Medicare program.
In one scheme, federal prosecutors charged seven people associated with the San Francisco-based telehealth startup Done Global with illegally distributing Adderall, a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, commonly known as ADHD. The bust also targeted schemes involving telemedicine, charging 36 defendants accused of collectively submitting over $1.1 billion in false claims to the Medicare program.A spokesperson for the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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