FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	

CIV

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1998	

(202) 616 2765

TDD (202) 514 1888

 
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO ANNOUNCE DEVELOPMENTS


TODAY IN MAJOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD CASE IN MIDWEST


 
	WASHINGTON, D.C.     Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and
other Administration officials will announce developments today
in a major health care fraud case in the midwest.  The
Administration has declared health care fraud a national
priority.

 
	Holder will be joined by W. Charles Grace, U.S. Attorney for
the Southern District of Illinois, as well as officials from the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Care
Financing Administration, the FBI and the United States Postal
Inspection Service.

 
TIME:  2:30 PM EST

DATE:  Thursday, July 16, 1998

SITE:  Conference Room B

U.S. Department of Justice

 
 
	The press conference is opened to federally credentialed
reporters only.  Camera crews may begin setting up at 1:30 PM. 
Reporters may enter through the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance
between 9th Street and 10th Street, N.W.

 
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