This seems to be quite complex: Prosecutors said the $1.3 million federal government contracting scheme was a family affair. Over five years, investigators claim a high-level General Services Administration official helped her husband submit more than 100 fake employment applications to federal agencies and doctored his résumé to try to get him hired by the […]
Well, not surprising: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was “passive” in its approach to identifying and preventing fraud in administering Obamacare, according to testimony from the Government Accountability Office. According to the report, the agency must verify an individual’s application information to determine he or she is eligible for health care coverage. The individual […]
Uh, this should be big news, right? An official at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a federal agency under the guidance of the State Department, wrote a memo on Jan. 26, 2010 to her superiors recommending funding for a construction project in Haiti. According to the proposal, Miami businessman Claudio Osorio and his company InnoVida […]
The Trump University real estate scheme is being discussed because of a class action lawsuit of about 5,000 people were said they were misled by it. Photo by Gage Skidmore
The National Review reported that Trump is facing a lawsuit for scamming 5,000 people of upwards of $35,000 on real estate classes and workshops. Photo by Gage Skidmore
Corruption is strong in Chicago, so why be surprised by this report? Chicago Public Schools employees engaged in improper political activity, stole kids’ museum passes to sell online, smoked marijuana with students, and stole money meant for cheerleader uniforms, according to a year-long review. The school system’s inspector general released its annual report on Monday. […]
This summarizes it pretty well (via Free Beacon): Democrat Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the New York State Assembly, was found guilty on counts of fraud, extortion, and money laundering in a federal court on Monday, according to the New York Times. Silver had become one of the most powerful politicians in the state but it […]
GAO did another investigation and found that fake applicants were approved, yet again: Healthcare.gov approved subsidized coverage in 2015 for 10 fictitious applicants in another Government Accountability Office (GAO) sting, according to a report from the investigative agency. The GAO created 10 applications whose features included impossible Social Security numbers and claims to work for an […]
Free Beacon with the latest: Dike Ajiri, the former CEO of the Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, admitted in a plea deal that he fraudulently ran up Medicare bills by manipulating patient files to collect the maximum amount of money from the system. Ajiri’s actions cost Medicare and the Railroad Retirement Board a total of $1,854,000, the […]
The Free Beacon reported: Medicare paid out tens of millions for ambulance rides in which beneficiaries did not receive services, according a new government watchdog audit. The inspector general of Health and Human Services released a report Tuesday that details questionable billing practices from ambulance suppliers, an area that is considered highly vulnerable to fraud. […]