在明尼苏达州,有六人被控利用假索赔和空壳公司进行18B医疗补助欺诈。 Six charged in Minnesota with $18B Medicaid fraud using fake claims and shell companies.

明尼苏达州联邦检察官宣布对与医疗援助方案有关的6名个人提出新的欺诈指控,指控自2018年以来涉及180亿美元资金的工业欺诈,约有一半或更多人可能因诈骗而损失。 Federal prosecutors in Minnesota announced new fraud charges against six individuals linked to Medicaid programs, alleging industrial-scale fraud involving up to $18 billion in funds since 2018, with roughly half or more potentially lost to scams. 指控包括5项住房服务方案,1项自闭症治疗方案,并附有虚假索赔证据、空壳公司和州外被告的“欺诈旅游”。 The charges include five in a housing services program and one in an autism therapy program, with evidence of false claims, shell companies, and "fraud tourism" by out-of-state defendants. 资金被用于奢侈旅行、肯尼亚的房地产和加密货币,尽管没有发现与恐怖主义的直接联系。 Funds were used for luxury travel, real estate in Kenya, and cryptocurrency, though no direct links to terrorism were found. 调查从一起重大的COVID-19欺诈案件开始,已导致82项指控和1.2亿美元的扣押资产,并在不断加强监督的同时,不断加大监督力度。 The probe, which began with a major COVID-19 fraud case, has led to 82 charges and $120 million in seized assets, with ongoing efforts to strengthen oversight amid growing scrutiny.