Mr.
Schiff: How about this deal? You
go to a doctor's office. No exam.
No treatment. And then you're paid
to provide personal information including
your Medicare number. And that's what
was going on in South Florida...
Ms. Bougeois: "We interviewed
confidential human sources; we did
financial analysis and data base checks;
and all this information led us to
obtain our indictments."
Mr. Schiff:
That's FBI Special Agent Frances Bougeois
in Miami. She says doctors paid kickbacks
to the patients, who were recruited
and many were picked up in vans, and
then sent bogus bills to Medicare...
Ms. Bougeois: "In this particular
case they billed approximately $6
million."
Mr. Schiff:
Bougeois says one doctor, arrested
at home, got 37 months in prison and
another 48...
Ms. Bougeois: "The other doctor
wasn't in the house. We found out
that he had an office in West Palm
Beach so I sent some of the agents
there and they arrested him in his
office also without incident."
Mr. Schiff:
The doctors were charged with Health
Care Fraud. I'm Neal Schiff of the
Bureau and that's the FBI's Closed
Case of the Week."
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