Source: Ohio Capital Journal
Federal law enforcement officials joined Ohio leaders to announce a slew of fraud busts. The national politicians praised Governor Mike DeWine for his work and dissed the GOP legislators who have been blaming him for allegations of Medicaid fraud.
At an event outside of Columbus, OH, the state’s leaders stood side by side with federal politicians to announce charges against people accused of defrauding the government of millions of dollars.
Todd Blanche, the acting U.S. attorney general, opened the event by talking about how the Trump Administration is waging war against fraud.
“Ohio is facing some of the most significant fraud schemes in the country,” Blanche said.
He, Medicaid Chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, and FBI Director Kash Patel explained a new effort to combat fraud of all kinds. They are starting a new federal-state system in order to share data. This new collaboration will help fight “fraudsters,” they said.
“The cases that we’re bringing represent a unified statewide fraud-fighting effort that’s firing on all cylinders,” Blanche continued.
The officials also announced several major indictments, with federal and state charges against nine defendants for allegedly defrauding the government of $42 million through Medicaid billing or COVID programs.
“In both cases, the defendants we allege were exploiting families, supposedly providing kids with particularly behavioral self behavioral services enrolled in community programs,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said.
Read the full article in The Ohio Capital Journal.