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19 people charged with defrauding Medicare, Medicaid out of $4M in Pennsylvania: DOJ

Nypost · · 483 words · By Josh Christenson
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19 people charged with defrauding Medicare, Medicaid out of $4M in Pennsylvania: DOJ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 19 defendants on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of more than $4 million through home care companies in Pennsylvania.

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“[T]his home health care is the best kept secret,” one scammer allegedly confessed in a conversation recorded by law enforcement.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday also announced a plea agreement involving one of the defendants — who had been previously charged by state authorities in connection with more than $1.7 million in fake benefit claims.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday or a specific $1.7 million plea agreement.
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Claim 2: “The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 19 defendants on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid out of more than $4 million through home care companies in Pennsylvania.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that the DOJ charged 19 individuals in Pennsylvania for a Medicaid/Medicare fraud scheme totaling approximately $4 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled. There are many different types of Medicare fraud, all of which have th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational for-profit company based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, specializing in health insurance and health care services. Selling insurance products …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnitedHealth_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Medicare is a federal health insurance program in the United States for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, including those with end stage renal disease and amyotrophic latera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)
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Claim 3: “The feds have also dispatched strike forces to California, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts and Minnesota.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the dispatch of strike forces specifically to California, Arizona, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Minnesota in this context.
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Claim 4: “The announcement from authorities comes as part of the establishment of a strike force office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, using resources from the US Attorney’s Office there and the DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division.”
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Multiple sources confirm the expansion of the Northeast Strike Force pairing the DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. gov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (in case citations, E.D.N.C.) is the United States district court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. App…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_f…
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Claim 5: “At least four of the defendants ended up billing Medicaid more than $440,000 for home health services that never occurred”
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While general fraud and billing for services not provided are mentioned across sources, the specific figure of '$440,000 for at least four defendants' is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally known as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partner…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers_for_Medicare_&_Medicai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid
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Claim 6: “Another $230 billion worth of fraud has also been targeted.”
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Claim 7: “The Philadelphia federal prosecutor’s office will work with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, the FBI, the DEA and other law enforcement agencies as part of the crackdown.”
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Evidence confirms the collaboration between the HHS-OIG, FBI, and DEA in these healthcare fraud investigations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The cases were investigated by agents from HHS-OIG, FBI, DEA, and other federal and state law enforcement agencies. The cases are being prosecuted by Health Care Fraud Strike Force teams from the Crim…
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-ta…
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web search NEUTRAL — HHS-OIG U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.About Reinstatements. Working With Federal and State Partners on Health Care Exclusions. Guidance for State Medicaid Ag…
https://oig.hhs.gov/
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web search NEUTRAL — Additionally, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) is centered in Philadelphia and consists of a Medicare Fraud Strike Force team that uses data analytics and combined federal, state and local re…
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/doj-a…
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Claim 8: “Other scammers bilked Medicaid dollars for services while instead they were offering “ride-share and food delivery service” or working other day jobs such as carpentry or construction.”
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Multiple sources explicitly mention defendants billing for services while working other jobs such as ride-sharing and delivery services.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors allege some defendants billed Medicaid for home care services that were never provided, including claims made while caregivers were allegedly incarcerated, hospitalized, driving for ride-s…
https://fox56.com/news/local/19-charged-in-pennsylvania-medi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors alleged some defendants billed Medicaid for home-care services supposedly provided by caregivers who were dead, incarcerated, or otherwise unable to perform the work.
https://redstate.com/kyle-becker/2026/08/06/the-truly-stagge…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Labadieville woman has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Medicaid fraud, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill.Subscribe to Louisiana First News on ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZSr4TXg30E
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Claim 9: “one of the accused fraudsters purportedly providing care while she was in prison and another while in a hospital.”
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Multiple sources confirm that defendants were accused of billing for care while incarcerated or hospitalized.
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web search NEUTRAL — Health aides accused of billing Medicaid while in jail, hospitalized or working other jobs. Prosecutors charged several Philadelphia-area home health aides and Medicaid recipients.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2026/08/07/pen…
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web search NEUTRAL — If another government program pays only a part of the cost of tuition, fees, books, equipment, or supplies, VA can authorize payment for the remaining costs. VA Medical Care. While incarcerated vetera…
https://www.military.com/benefits/veteran-benefits/incarcera…
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web search NEUTRAL — 13, 2018, the defendants billed Medicare and Medicaid for excessive and medically unnecessary urine drug tests that were not relevant to their patients’ diagnosis or treatment.
https://milawyersweekly.com/news/2023/11/21/defendants-alleg…
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Claim 10: “Vice President JD Vance, in a Cabinet meeting last Friday, announced that the interagency fraud task force he oversees has already halted $56 billion in schemes bilking taxpayer dollars.”
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Claim 11: “an alleged home health aide billed for more than 24 hours’ worth of care in a single day more than 1,100 times, receiving a total payout of $1.2 million for the scheme.”
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Sources confirm an aide billed for hours that could not have been worked (over 64,000 hours) resulting in over $1.2 million in payments. Other sources mention the pattern of billing 24 hours in a single day.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 24 may refer to: 24 (number), the natural number following 23 and preceding 25 one of the years 24 BC, AD 24, 1924, 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 24 (twenty-four) is the natural number following 23 and preceding 25. It is equal to two dozen and one sixth of a gross.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France 24 (France vingt-quatre in French) is a French state-owned publicly funded international news television network based in Paris. Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, …
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Claim 12: “Still others were vacationing in Miami or even located as far abroad as Saudi Arabia while supposedly offering home care services to Medicaid recipients.”
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The provided evidence mentions 'traveling abroad' and 'traveling' in general terms, but the specific locations of Miami and Saudi Arabia are not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudia Flight 163 was a scheduled Saudia passenger flight departing from Quaid-e-Azam Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, bound for Kandara Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, via then-Riyadh International Air…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, staged a military intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Saudi Arabia national football team (Arabic: مُنْتَخَب السُّعُودِيَّة لِكُرَّةِ الْقَدَم) represents the country in senior men's international association football. The team is governed by the Sau…
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