Wide Net of Arrests in Medicare Fraud Inquiry - NYTimes.com

Wide Net of Arrests in Medicare Fraud Inquiry - NYTimes.com: "Federal authorities on Thursday charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud. In all, dozens of people were accused of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. The indictments were for suspects in Miami; Los Angeles; Dallas; Houston; Detroit; Chicago; Brooklyn; Tampa, Fla.; and Baton Rouge, La. Among those charged was Dr. Errol Sherman, a Detroit podiatrist who performed partial toenail removals that the authorities said amounted to little more than clipping toenails. A Brooklyn proctologist, Dr. Boris Sachakov, was charged with billing $6.5 million for hemorrhoid removals, most of which the authorities say he never performed."