(AP) – U.S. prosecutors have charged more than 400 people, including
two dozen in Arkansas, with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams
that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing.Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the charges Thursday. Officials say
those charged include more than 120 people involved in prescribing and
distributing narcotics. In prepared remarks, Sessions calls it the “largest
health care fraud takedown operation in American history.”
two dozen in Arkansas, with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams
that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing.Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the charges Thursday. Officials say
those charged include more than 120 people involved in prescribing and
distributing narcotics. In prepared remarks, Sessions calls it the “largest
health care fraud takedown operation in American history.”
In Arkansas, assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Givens says 24 people face charges
that include forging prescriptions and burglary for allegedly stealing drugs
from pharmacies in the state.
Givens says no Arkansas doctors or pharmacists are charged in the case.
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