California is bringing charges against criminal networks over a scheme to defraud the state’s Medicaid program of over a quarter billion dollars, an announcement that comes a week after the Trump administration accused local officials of doing too little to combat fraud.
“While healthcare fraud might be President Trump’s shiny new political talking point, California DOJ has been going after healthcare fraud since 1979. For decades. Trump is late to the party,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a Thursday press call.
Thursday’s announcement focused on charges California is bringing against transnational criminal networks it says were using stolen ...