फर्जी इंजेक्शन, असली कमाई! अमेरिका में डॉक्टर ने मेडिकेयर से ठगे 380 करोड़ रुपये – california doctor medicare fraud botox scandal luxury life sentenced guilty ntc drmt
A doctor in America crossed all limits to live a luxurious life and buy expensive things. A California doctor has been convicted of defrauding Medicare of $45 million (about Rs 380 crore).
The US Justice Department has found the doctor guilty of defrauding the government through fake Botox injection claims. Investigation has revealed that 45 year old Dr. Violetta Meilian lived a very luxurious life with the money of this fraud.
The accused doctor used government money to spend expensive holidays abroad. Not only this, he also bought a rare and ancient 17th century crossbow worth $12,000 (about Rs 10 lakh) with this money.
Convicted in 3 cases
The court has convicted Violetta, a resident of Glendale, on 9 counts of wire fraud and 3 counts of obstructing a criminal investigation related to health care. This big scam of Los Angeles was exposed by the ‘Data Analytics Team’ of the Health Care Fraud Section of the Justice Department.
When the team closely examined the medical claims data, a shocking figure emerged. Violetta gets botox injections America He was paid more by Medicare than any other doctor in the United States. She had emerged as a big outlier compared to all the doctors in the country, which deepened the suspicion of the investigating agencies.
False reports and fake records of patients
Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division has given a strong statement on this matter. He said, ‘Violetta Meilian treated patients’ illnesses falsely. When she herself was enjoying a luxury holiday abroad, she sent fake bills to Medicare in the name of Botox injections. After this, he also tried to mislead the federal agents by showing fake records.
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McDonald further said that the fraud division’s data-driven approach is exposing such scams going on across the country. This technology ensures that no doctor can hatch such a brazen conspiracy to steal taxpayers’ money.
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