Hundreds Arrested In Huge Health Fraud Crackdown

>>> WELCOME BACK, YOU KNOW MONEY MATTERS THIS HOUR.
WE'RE ON TO A BILLION DOLLAR SCANDAL.
IT'S THE LARGEST FRAUD ENFORCEMENT ACTION EVER.
THE OPERATION WAS PART OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO
TACKLE THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC. AND THE ALARMING NUMBER OF
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS PARTICIPATING IN UNLAWFUL
DISTRIBUTION OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS.
412 INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR PARTICIPATING IN HEALTHCARE
SCAMS THAT TOTALLED A WHOPPING $1.3 BILLION IN FALSE BILLINGS.
115 OF THOSE ARRESTED ARE DOCTORS, NURSES, PHARMACISTS,
AND OTHER LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FALSE BILLINGS INCLUDE OPIOIDS
DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS.
THAT'S LIKE A PRESCRIPTION FOR DEATH.
A LEADING CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GROWING OVERDOSE CRISIS ON
HEROIN AND FENTANYL. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
AND PREVENTION ESTIMATES THE EPIDEMIC KILLS 91 AMERICANS
EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE MAJORITY STING -- THE MAJOR
STING OPERATION LED TO THE ARREST OF 120 INDIVIDUALS FOR
OPIOID RELATED CRIMES. LICENSED PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING
THOUSANDS OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS TO WRAP UP THIS
OPERATION IT TOOK OVER A THOUSAND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS
IN AT LEAST 30 STATES TO CARRY IT OUT.
>> UNBELIEVABLE. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
KILLED BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS REMA

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