Authorities indict 53 people for alleged schemes to cheat Medicare out of $50 million

September 23rd, 2009 Biden tells Md. seniors reform won't hurt MedicareSILVER SPRING, Md.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Businessman Ashwani Sud, who was on the run for the last two years, has been arrested for allegedly duping investors of Rs.22 crore (Rs.220 million) by offering various schemes for investing in teak plantations, police said Wednesday. Sud, chairman cum managing director of Timber World Resorts and Plantation India, was arrested Monday from south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave area, a police official said.

August 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the government was fully committed to the well-being of the minorities and had started many schemes for their welfare. We do not subscribe to the view that to take special care of the deprived sections of the society amounts to appeasement.

August 14th, 2009 Medicare drug premiums to rise slightly in 2010WASHINGTON — Seniors enrolled in Medicare can expect to see a $2 increase in their monthly payment for prescription drug coverage next year. Medicare officials announced late Thursday that the average monthly premium for the government's drug plan will be $30 next year, up from $28 this year.

August 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cheating among students is reaching 'epidemic' proportions. In some studies, up to 80 percent of high-achieving high school students and 75 percent of college students admit to cheating.

July 30th, 2009 On the call: Cigna President David CordaniInvestors sent Cigna shares up more than 4 percent in Thursday afternoon trading after the health insurer reported a 60-percent jump in second-quarter profit. But the company saw a 14 percent drop in revenue to $75 million from its Medicare Part D business, and Cigna spent more money on claims than it took in for that part of the business.

July 28th, 2009 Feds charge 41 in Fla. mortgage fraud schemesMIAMI — Federal prosecutors say 41 people have been charged in the latest round of South Florida mortgage fraud schemes.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday told parliament his ministry has a mechanism to regularly monitor the progress in implementation of various development schemes for the minorities undertaken by the government. "Review of progress of implementation of the schemes is done through periodic review meetings and through the memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation," Khurshid said in the Lok Sabha.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two alleged conmen were arrested Saturday for duping at least 150 investors of lakhs of rupees with their get-rich-quickly schemes, police said. Directors of B.K.

June 24th, 2009 Miami authorities bust suspected Medicare fraudMIAMI — It may be the center for Medicare fraud, but even Miami officials said Tuesday they were surprised by the breadth of a ring they say spanned five states, used 29 fake storefronts and attempted to steal $100 million from Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Eight defendants were charged in the elaborate scam authorities say billed Medicare for bogus HIV and cancer infusion drugs using dozens of storefronts in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Louisiana, authorities said.

June 24th, 2009 Feds indict 53 for Medicare fraudWASHINGTON — Federal authorities indicted 53 people on Wednesday for schemes to cheat Medicare out of $50 million. Suspects were arrested in Detroit, Miami, and Denver as part of a wide-ranging effort by the government to crack down on those allegedly defrauding the government-funded health care program for the elderly and disabled.

June 10th, 2009 Feds indict 7 in alleged fraudulent tax schemeNEW YORK — Federal authorities have indicted the former chief executive of a major accounting firm and six others in what they say was a wide-ranging criminal scheme that generated more than $7 billion in fraudulent tax losses. The indictment filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court charges the seven with 27 separate counts that include conspiring to defraud the IRS and tax evasion.

June 4th, 2009 11 accused of scamming Medicare to get painkillersDETROIT — A federal indictment in Detroit says the government unwittingly paid more than $480,000 to a phony health-care business that was a front for acquiring and selling painkillers. Eleven people are charged in the indictment unsealed Thursday.

June 4th, 2009 11 people charged in Detroit painkiller scamDETROIT — A federal indictment in Detroit says the government unwittingly paid more than $480,000 to a phony health-care business that was a front for acquiring and selling powerful painkillers as far away as Alabama. The indictment unsealed Thursday charges 11 people in the alleged scheme.

February 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday accused the central government of blocking development schemes for the state. 'The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is creating obstructions in the development of the state by not releasing the Rs.80,000 crore (Rs.800 billion) financial package we sought,' Mayawati said at a function here after inaugurating welfare schemes for girls.